A multi-national company has been fined £176,000 for failing to prevent excessive smoke and noise pollution at the Mossmorran petrochemical plant in Fife. ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd pled guilty at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to breaching pollution control regulations at the Cowdenbeath plant on vario
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A former police constable has been awarded £210,000 in damages after a personal injury sheriff ruled that Authorised Firearms Officers ought to have been deployed to an incident in Inverness in which he suffered injuries from an individual who had run away from the police earlier in the day. M
A property development company that alleged that a surveyor’s company instructed by the seller of a property it purchased had negligently failed to detect serious structural issues with the building has had its action dismissed after a sheriff found that its averments did not meet the standard
The Crown Office has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of Alan Brisbane, Charles Emslie, Colin Gibson, Dale Pattinson, Hugh MacPhail and James Smith. Alan Brisbane, 60, Charles Emslie, 71, Colin Gibson, 62
Participants on this year's Glasgow Legal Walk will be treated to an address by Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar on the steps of Glasgow Sheriff Court prior to setting off on their tour through the city.
The Crown Office has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of Lee McKinsley and Barry Watson. Both men died while in legal custody at HMP Barlinnie during December 2020.
The procurator fiscal has lodged first notices with the Sheriff Court to commence the court process for fatal accident inquiries (FAIs) into the deaths of two prisoners who died from Covid. Both Edward Simpson, 55, and John Ian Reid, 63, died in hospital after contracting the virus while in legal cu
Minibus driver found with £241k of cannabis in vehicle loses appeal against drugs offence conviction
A London-based minibus driver convicted of being involved in transporting cannabis to Glasgow for supply has lost an appeal against his conviction in the High Court of Justiciary after the court found the sheriff had not failed to address the jury on what the appellant knew about what he was transpo
A former foster carer abused at least four vulnerable children in her care over a 16-year period. Gillian Murray was found guilty of using cruel and unnatural treatment towards the young victims following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
There were five reasonable precautions a contractor could have taken to prevent the death of a child who fell down an open manhole in an incident in 2020, a sheriff has found. Sheriff Stuart Reid has published his determination in the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Shéa Ryan.
The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for a joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Ruaridh Stevenson and Kayden Walker. Twelve-year-old Kayden, from Bridgeton, Glasgow, drowned after becoming trapped on the upstream side of a weir
An airport company has been fined £144,050 for failures that led to the tragic death of a 59-year-old man. Glasgow Prestwick Airport Limited pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Ayr Sheriff Court after Joseph Dempsey, an experienced member of the ground handling team, di
Dear Editor, In her article on Sir Archibald Alison, Ella Bruce notes his support for the Confederacy, but one should add that his interest in the American Civil War went a bit further, despite his “humanitarian values”. Alison benefited to the tune of £4,000 (about £340
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is now able to start exploring a new application programme interface (API) service for raising ordinary actions in the Sheriff Court and ASSPIC. The service allows for bulk submissions of initial writs and would benefit those that do high volume ordinary cau
A landlord and part-time farmer who successfully raised proceedings against Police Scotland seeking recall of a decision to revoke his shotgun certificate has lost an appeal against the sheriff’s decision that no expenses were due by either party. Kenneth Prentice, who had held a shotgun certi
