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An apiarist has become the first to face criminal charges over doping bees with banned drugs. Murray Mcgregor, 61, who produced honey for Prince Charles, faces criminal sanctions over importing and storing illegal medicinal products.

Zibya Bashir New rules will grant companes and other business vehicles access to lay representation, writes Zibya Bashir.

A motorist who was given a community payback order and banned from the road after he admitted falling asleep at the wheel and crashing into an oncoming vehicle has successfully appealed against his sentence, in the first reported Scottish decision to consider the offence of causing injury by dangero

A long-running dispute over whether a pony was legally evicted from an ex-council house returns to the Scottish courts this week. Stephanie Noble has challenged Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, saying that it acted wrongly when it seized her Connemara pony, Grey Lady Too.

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s newsletter is now available. This edition includes a listing of newly appointed committee members, and information on Rules relating to Serious Crime Prevention Orders in Scotland; payment of shorthand writers in sheriff courts and sequest

A would-be robber was caught and handed over to police after he was tackled by a shopkeeper – with a black belt in martial arts. Liam Meighan, 23, allegedly tried to steal Buckfast and cigarettes using a concealed stick that he claimed was a gun.

Well-known defence solicitor Martin Lavery has died aged 60. Mr Lavery graduated LLB (Hons) from Glasgow University in 1977. He served his apprenticeship with Wm McGlynn and Co, Glasgow and after periods in Moffat and Coatbridge he entered into partnership with his good friend Vinny Smith now Sherif

An accountant who was banned from being a company director after he paid trade creditors but not HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) when his business went into liquidation has failed in an appeal against his three-year disqualification. Patrick Bradley was a director of Barhaul (2003) Limited, which went

A man found guilty of assaulting a woman with a block of wood and a separate charge of carrying an offensive weapon in public has failed in an appeal against his conviction. The appellant claimed that he had been charged twice on the same facts and convicted on both charges, which amounted to “dou

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has firmly denied that thousands of witnesses are being called to trials which fail to go ahead – at a cost of £10 million to the taxpayer. The Sunday Post reports that, according to legal insiders, court officials are calling trials to ensure they

The skipper of a fishing vessel has been sentenced to six months imprisonment after a crew member died when the ship ran aground off the Shetland Islands. Christopher Smith pled guilty to a contravention of section 58(2)(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 at Lerwick Sheriff Court on 13 September.

A teenager who was jailed after admitting a charge of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement has successfully appealed against his custodial sentence. Harry Finnegan, who was 19 at the time of the offence, was sentenced to 18 months’ detention after pleading guilty to punching a man

A motorist who was jailed after admitting driving while disqualified and without insurance has failed in an appeal against his sentence. Stephen Gilchrist, who was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment – reduced from 12 on account of his guilty plea – argued that he ought to have been given a grea

A man who was sentenced to a total of five years' imprisonment after admitting assaulting police officers while on duty and assaulting a procurator fiscal depute in court has failed in an appeal against sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court dismissed the appellant’s claim the total sentence imposed

Three students from the University of Edinburgh have been awarded £1,853 after their landlady failed to lodge their rental deposit in the approved tenancy scheme, the BBC has reported. Regulations introduced in May 2013 require landlords and letting agents to hand over deposits to an approved third