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A 53-year-old gamekeeper has been fined for killing an owl and a goshawk. Peter Givens, a gamekeeper from Stow in Galashiels, was fined £300 after pleading guilty to a charge under Section 1(1)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 at Selkirk Sheriff Court yesterday.

The level of cases concluded in Scotland's courts in October was 84 per cent of the average monthly pre-Covid level, according to figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. The figures show that during October 2021:

The Edinburgh Academy has taken first prize in the Mock Court Project's seniors competition, fighting off schools from home and abroad.

A lawyer was arrested after removing his trousers in a courthouse because they were setting off a metal detector. Pittsburgh lawyer Jeffrey Pollock, 59, became frustrated with security guards at a family court building after they refused to let him enter due to alerts from the metal detector.

A 32-year old Aberdeenshire man who kept a dog for fighting has been given a community payback order requiring him to be under supervision for 12 months and to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work. He was also banned from keeping dogs for 10 years. Liam Taylor was sentenced at Banff Sheriff Court toda

Lord Menzies is to retire after 20 years on the bench. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in 2001 and was appointed to the Inner House in February 2012.

The owner and landlord of a holiday cottage where a teenager died have been fined after failing to maintain the gas heaters. No annual checks were carried out on the cabinet heaters in Glenmark Cottage, which were also placed in small rooms without enough ventilation.

The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary has refused to pass a Bill of Suspension seeking the suspension of a warrant authorising the arrest of a man charged by the police with assault to severe injury. Brian Docherty had previously been released from police custody and attended Dunoon Sheri

A Glasgow man who helped another repair a bicycle realised that the stranger had stolen it – from him. John Devlin, 64, helped Paul Hartey fix the handlebars on the stolen bike before he realised it was his own that had been stolen by Hartley earlier in the day.

Thursday 21 October 2021 at 6pm The SYLA is pleased to present the next event in its 'So you want to be...' series – an event aimed at those wishing to learn more about life as an in-house lawyer – sponsored by Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers.

Scottish Labour has backed calls for a full public inquiry into the 2015 death of a 30-year-old prisoner after being violently restrained by prison guards. Allan Marshall was a remand prisoner in HMP Edinburgh and was days way from release when he died from serious injuries sustained from prison gua

A Wick man has been fined for health and safety failings which left a worker with severe injuries. William Swanson, who traded as LTS Construction, pled guilty to a breach of working at height regulations at Wick Sheriff Court on 4 October 2021. He was fined £2,000

Ian Balfour, whose grandfather founded Balfour and Manson in 1887, is retiring at the age of 89, the Edinburgh Evening News reports. "Despite retiring as a partner when he reached 65 in 1997, he stayed on as a consultant with the firm and continued working as a sheriff court auditor, advising the co

A Berwickshire based company has been fined £300,000 after an employee was crushed by a concrete panel. BSW Sawmills Limited pled guilty to health and safety breaches committed between 1 June 2017 and 6 October 2017 at Dumfries Sheriff Court on 28 September 2021.

Strathclyde Mediation Clinic was presented with the 2021 Community Contribution Award at the Scottish Legal Awards in Glasgow last week.