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A large offshore oil and gas company has been sentenced and fined £560,000 after failing to properly maintain pipework for seven years. Pipework on Shell UK's Brent Charlie platform in the North Sea deteriorated to such an extent that contained hydrocarbon fluids escaped, forming a potentially

A private hire taxi driver in Glasgow who was rear-ended by another driver while waiting at traffic lights has been awarded £2,184 in damages after the defender’s expert witness, who initially took the view that no crash had occurred, contradicted his own written report in light of the e

A Highland physics teacher exploited a position of trust to engage in sexual activity with a female pupil. David Vincent’s criminal behaviour took place over the course of 18 months after meeting the child at the high school where he worked.

The director of a Christian charity radio company who defrauded thousands of pounds from a former partner has been jailed for 22 months. Andrew Polson, 53, of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, was found guilty by a jury of stealing £186,000 from the 72-year-old woman between May 2021 and March 2022.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of 81-year-old William MacDowell. William MacDowell, an inmate within HMP Glenochil, had been receiving palliative care while in custody. As his health deteriorated, he was transfe

Scottish ministers have extended a consultation on new mental health moratorium rules amid efforts to improve debt protections for people struggling with mental illness, writes Ahsan Mustafa. On 14 November, Ivan McKeen, minister for public finance, extended the consultation on the draft Mental Heal

A rapist who targeted three women during a campaign of serious sexual offending lasting just over a month has been jailed. Mihai-Nicolae Patran was found guilty of rape, sexual assault and sexual exposure following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice to commence the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of Philip Quinn, Richard McCormick and Alexander Morgan, all of whom died in hospital after contracting the Covid virus while in legal custody. A preliminary hearing will

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a transgender woman prisoner by self-inflicted plastic bag asphyxia has concluded that the Scottish Prison Service had unlawfully isolated her while deciding how to proceed with her custody arrangements and made 12 recommendations for improvement of SPS pr

A man who kept owls and large birds of prey tethered inside tiny cages amid squalid conditions has been banned from owning or keeping animals for five years. Brandon Hodge, 28, was sentenced at Greenock Sheriff Court after he admitted two charges of animal neglect.

The High Court of Justiciary has ruled that an accused who was taken into custody at his workplace and then searched by the police at his home address, for which they had a warrant, had not been subjected to an unlawful search, following a preliminary minute challenging the admissibility of evidence

Balfour and Manson has strengthened its family law and personal injury teams with the promotions of Katie Albiston, Iona Campbell, Emily Deans and Alannah Jones to associate. In Aberdeen, Ms Albiston has become an associate in the family law team while Ms Campbell has been promoted to associate in p

The average length of criminal trials in the High Court is set to skyrocket to more than two-and-a-half years by 2030 without significant additional funding, a report has warned. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) last month set out projected criminal business levels across the High Co

One of the tensions which arises in any legal system is balancing the competing principles of offering a right to appeal with the necessity of judgments to be final, in order to provide certainty. In the recent Sheriff Appeal Court decision of Downie v NHS Fife, this issue was considered against a s

BTO has announced the appointment of two Glasgow-based partners, Eoghann Green and Carolyn Bowie. Mr Green brings a wealth of expertise as a highly regarded commercial disputes and insolvency litigator. Working closely with litigation partners Angus Wood and Will Cole, he will focus on both corporat