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High Court Opinions


Most decisions are given verbally by judges in court. Written decisions will usually be provided when a case involves:

  • a matter of principle
  • a particular point of general public importance
  • a case where substantial evidence was heard.

When decisions are given in writing, they are published, ordered by the date of publication. A judge may rule that in the interest of justice, a particular case should  not be published.

 

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Case Title Date of Opinion Date Published Judge
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY JOHN WATT AGAINST HMA 18/01/2023 03/02/2023
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lady Wise
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY RICHARD GORDON
 23/12/2022 23/12/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Doherty
CROWN APPEALS AGAINST SENTENCE BY HMA AGAINST LB, JI, AND JT  20/12/2022 20/12/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY LC AGAINST HMA 13/12/2022 13/12/2022
  • Lord Doherty
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lady Wise
APPEAL BY PF EDINBURGH AGAINST FAISAL AZIZ 13/12/2022 13/12/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
DARREN MORTON EADIE AND JOHN KENNEDY AGAINST HIS MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE
 02/12/2022 02/12/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY DARREN JAMES HUGHES AGAINST HIS MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE
 09/11/2022 01/12/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
  • Lady Wise
APPEAL BY JAMIE FISHER AGAINST HMA 19/03/2021 23/11/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL BY HMA AGAINST BRIAN LOUGHLIN 21/07/2022 23/11/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
CROWN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 74 BY HMA AGAINST RS 13/06/2022 23/11/2022
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY LUKASZ CZAPLA AGAINST HMA 27/10/2022 01/11/2022
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Tyre
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
JH AGAINST HMA 26/10/2022 01/11/2022
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Tyre
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
JB AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE
 28/10/2022 14/10/2022
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL BY ADAM OSIPCZUK AGAINST THE LORD ADVOCATE 05/10/2022 05/10/2022
  • Lord Tyre
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lady Wise
BILL OF ADVOCATION BY CONNIE LEE GRAHAM AGAINST HIS MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 14/09/2022 22/09/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY LEE IBBOTSON 08/09/2022 08/09/2022
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY ROBERT McDONALD AND EUAN MILLIGAN AGAINST HMA 30/08/2022 06/09/2022
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY CA 23/08/2022 23/08/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lady Wise
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY CONOR CLARK 11/08/2022 19/08/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
CROWN APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE AGAINST JAKE O'DOHERTY 11/08/2022 19/08/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY MARK WISHART 19/08/2022 19/08/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY JORDAN ALLY DONALD OWENS AGAINST HMA 22/07/2022 05/08/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY WM AGAINST HMA  14/07/2022 14/07/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTON BY DM AGAINST HMA 12/07/2022 12/07/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GORDON CAMPBELL AGAINST HMA 27/10/2022 05/07/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Turnbull
BILL OF ADVOCATION BY HMA AGAINST DAVID CALLAGHAN 23/07/2019 28/06/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Turnbull
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY CR AGAINST HMA  28/06/2022 28/06/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lady Wise
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY NP AGAINST HMA 21/06/2022 28/06/2022
  • Lord Doherty
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL BY MA AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE
 09/06/2022 14/06/2022
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY IAN MOORHOUSE AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE  27/05/2022 10/06/2022
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Doherty
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY KEVIN GUTHIRE AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE
 25/05/2022 08/06/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GC AGAINST HMA 31/05/2022 31/05/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby
CROWN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 107A OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 AGAINST MMI 19/05/2022 26/05/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY NATALIE McGARRY  19/12/2019 16/05/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
APPEAL UNDER SECTION 103 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT 2003 BY JAMES CRAIG AGAINST THE LORD ADVOCATE REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES 31/03/2022 01/04/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Pentland
APPEAL BY JOHN QUINN AND MARK SUTHERLAND AGAINST HMA 20/09/2019 28/03/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Malcolm
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY AW AND HB 28/01/2021 28/03/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Pentland
NOTE OF APPEAL BY HMA AGAINST BL 23/03/2022 28/03/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
CRAIG MURRAY AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
 25/03/2022 25/03/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lady Paton
  • Lord Woolman
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY STEVEN JOSEPH JAMES STALLEY 11/02/2022 11/02/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY PATRICK HATTIE 02/02/2022 10/02/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
CROWN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 74 BY HMA AGAINST PAUL COONEY 09/02/2022 09/02/2022
  • Lord Justice Clerk
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BY JSC 03/02/2022 08/02/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY LIAM STEWART 01/02/2022 08/02/2022
  • Lord Doherty
  • Lord Matthews
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY KEIRAN WEBSTER 01/02/2022 08/02/2022
  • Lord Matthews
  • Lord Doherty
APPEAL BY STEPHEN MOTRONI AGAINST PROCURATOR FISCAL, KILMARNOCK 02/02/2022 02/02/2022
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews

THE APPEALS AGAINST A DECISION OF THE SHERIFF OF LOTHIAN AND BORDERS AT EDINBURGH IN THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXTRADITION OF JENNIFER AMNOTT, VALERIE PERFECT HAYES AND GARY REBURN

 28/01/2022 28/01/2022
  • Lord President
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
AN APPLICATION BY THE LORD ADVOCATE UNDER SECTION 4(3)(B) OF THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2011 SEEKING AUTHORITY TO BRING A NEW PROSECUTION IN THE HIGH COURT AGAINS SEAN PATRICK TIFFNEY 20/01/2022 24/01/2022
  • Lady Dorrian
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Brodie
PETITION TO THE NOBILE OFFICIUM BY CRAIG MURRAY AGAINST HMA 20/01/2022 24/01/2022
  • Lord Carloway
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Matthews
HMA v KB 30/10/2020 21/01/2022
  • Sheriff S G Collins QC