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50 Most Recent High Court Opinions

The 50 most recent opinions are ordered by the date that they were published.

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Case Title Date of Opinion Date Published Judge
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY DAVID COLLINS AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 16 October 2019 22 October 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY FRAZER ANGUS NEIL AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 26 June 2019 22 October 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Menzies
APPEAL FROM THE SHERIFF APPEAL COURT BY ROSS POLLOCK-SMITH AGAINST THE PROCURATOR FISCAL, STIRLING 11 October 2019 15 October 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL FROM THE SHERIFF APPEAL COURT ON A POINT OF LAW BY PAUL McFADYEN AGAINST PROCURATOR FISCAL, PAISLEY 11 October 2019 11 October 2019
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY RC AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 02 October 2019 02 October 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY JOSH McLEAN AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 10 September 2019 01 October 2019
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Drummond Young
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY DAVID KINLOCH AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 26 September 2019 26 September 2019
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Menzies
APPEAL BY DAVID BRIGGS AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 26 June 2019 24 September 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Menzies
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY AARON THOMAS CAMPBELL AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 10 September 2019 10 September 2019
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GRAHAM PATERSON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 22 September 2019 09 September 2019
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Brodie
APPLICATION TO AMEND A NOTE OF APPEAL BY DAVID SCOTT AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 26 July 2019 05 September 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General

APPEAL FROM THE SHERIFF APPEAL COURT IN TERMS OF SECTION 194zb OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 BYJOHN FREDERICK SCRIMGEOUR-WEDDERBURN AGAINST THE PROCURATOR FISCAL, KIRKCALDY


 26 July 2019 30 August 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY RBA AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 27 August 2019 27 August 2019
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Brodie
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION AND SENTENCE BY WILLIAM WRIGHT AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 24 July 2019 09 August 2019
  • Lord Pentland
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
SOLEMN APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY CHRISTOPHER McCORMICK AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 11 July 2019 07 August 2019
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Menzies
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JAMES IRVINE McMEEKIN AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 25 July 2019 01 August 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY JOANNE MOONEY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 18 July 2019 18 July 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GARY GODDARD AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 10 July 2019 16 July 2019
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL BY LISTON CRAIG PACITTI AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 09 July 2019 16 July 2019
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY GRAHAM THOMAS WATSON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 09 July 2019 16 July 2019
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY HAI VAN LE ALSO KNOW AS TRUNG DUNG LE AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 10 July 2019 11 July 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY DANIEL KINLAN AND DARREN BOLAND AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 11 July 2019 11 July 2019
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Brodie
NH AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 17 April 2019 09 July 2019
  • Lord Matthews
CROWN SENTENCE APPEAL BY HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE AGAINST CJB 14 June 2019 09 July 2019
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY JOHN FALCONER AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 02 April 2019 02 July 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Drummond Young
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY JAMES HOUTEN AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 11 July 2019 02 July 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Drummond Young
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY SEAN BARCLAY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 28 May 2019 21 June 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
NOTE OF APPEAL BY HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE AGAINST SM 29 May 2019 18 June 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice General
NOTE OF APPEAL BY HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE AGAINST SM (2) 06 June 2019 18 June 2019
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY CHRISTOPHER WILSON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 14 June 2019 14 June 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Justice General
  • Lord Drummond Young
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY ROBERT REDPATH AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 14 June 2019 14 June 2019
APPEAL UNDER SECTION 107A OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT BY HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE AGAINST BILAAL AFZAL 04 June 2019 12 June 2019
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE EXTRADITION ACT 2003 BY ZAIN TAJ DEAN AGAINST (FIRST) THE LORD ADVOCATE AND (SECOND) THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS 06 June 2019 06 June 2019
  • Lady Clark Of Calton
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lady Paton
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY SCOTT COLIN FOWLER AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 30 May 2019 05 June 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice General
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JOHN KURSULIS AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 29 May 2019 04 June 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice General

APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION JAMES WRIGHT AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE

 22 May 2019 22 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk

CROWN APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE G O'D


 22 May 2019 22 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk

APPEAL BY NICHOLAS RODGERS AGAINST HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE

 10 May 2019 10 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME BY KENNETH SOLOMON AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 02 May 2019 09 May 2019
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL BY ALESIA KOVALIAUSKAITE AGAINST THE LORD ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES
 03 May 2019 09 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEALS BY EVALDAS IVOSKEVICIUS AGAINST THE LORD ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES

 03 May 2019 09 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Malcolm
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY JAMIE COOK AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 03 May 2019 03 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice Clerk
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY JAMES BRAND AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 16 April 2019 01 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
APPEAL BY REBECCA McCALLUM AGAINST PROCURATOR FISCAL EDINBURGH 22 March 2019 01 May 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL BY GW AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 15 November 2018 24 April 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY MOIRA HUNTER AGAINST THE PROCURATOR FISCAL, KILMARNOCK 02 April 2019 02 April 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY RICHARD FLEMING AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 05 March 2019 02 April 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Glennie
NOTE OF APPEAL BY RICHARD MACPHERSON (aka COWAN) AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 19 March 2019 02 April 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Brodie
  • Lord Justice General
NOTE OF APPEAL BY KHALID JAMAL AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 21 March 2019 02 April 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Menzies
  • Lord Justice General
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCING BY ALAN ROBERT BAKER AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE 07 March 2019 15 March 2019
  • Lord Turnbull
  • Lord Drummond Young
  • Lord Justice Clerk