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Drinks giant Diageo has been fined more than half a million pounds at Inverness Sheriff Court after a whisky distillery worker suffered burns when he was scalded by boiling liquid in a workplace accident. On March 24, 2021, Michael Thomson was working at the Glenlossie Distillery near Elgin when an

Thousands of drug convictions are set to be overturned because the drugs in question were produced by the police department that made the arrests. The Broward County Sheriff's Office in Florida manufactured crack cocaine between 1988 and 1990 and sent its officers onto the streets to sell it –

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to commence the court process for a joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Francis Peter McCarthy and John Hay Angus. Francis Peter McCarthy, 59, died on 12 April 2020 in Glasgow Royal Infirmary after being transferred from H

A Glasgow-based outdoor activity company has been sentenced for health and safety failings which led to the tragic death of a 12-year-old boy on the River Tay. Outdoor Pursuits Scotland Ltd pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Perth Sheriff Court on 21 October 2024 and was fin

A lord ordinary has reduced a purported agricultural lease ope exceptionis under which a farming family claimed to occupy a farm subject to a defaulted secured loan and rejected a claim by the family seeking reduction of a sheriff court decree ordering the removal of the occupants of the farm. Dunca

A tax advisory company has lost a claim raised against a fruit and vegetable wholesaler that engaged its services after a sheriff ruled that a purported £9,600 “cancellation fee” said to be part of the company’s standard terms had not been incorporated into the contract betwe

School pupils have been cited to attend Edinburgh Sheriff Court for an annual mock trial which will take place this weekend.

Three sheriffs are to host an open discussion on the workings of Glasgow's commercial court. Sheriff S. Reid, Sheriff B. Cameron and Sheriff D. Taylor have extended a warm invitation to all litigation practitioners to attend the “town hall” style meeting at the Royal Faculty of Procurato

A joint fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of three people who were all previously involved with services provided by Greater Glasgow Health Board. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for

A former Police Scotland officer who subjected three former partners to a campaign of controlling, violent and sexual abuse has been jailed. Christopher Ferguson was found guilty of nine charges on June 13 following a trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

A male stripper who was convicted of sexual assault after interacting with two women at a hen party who did not wish to engage with him has lost his appeal against conviction before the Sheriff Appeal Court. Stuart Kennedy was convicted after trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court of two contraventions of

A solicitor who embezzled from a Grangemouth law firm has been struck from the roll. Leo McGarvey, 56, was jailed for 10 months at Falkirk Sheriff Court in December 2022 after admitting that he embezzled £7,000 from RGM Solicitors in La Porte Precinct.

A brand new justice hub, featuring bespoke facilities to support vulnerable witnesses and children in the justice system, has officially opened to serve the Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife. The Dundee Justice Hub was opened on Friday by the Lord President, Lord Carloway, Sheriff Principal Gi

A disabled Open University student who was unable to complete a part-time psychology degree due to a change in the way in which virtual tutorials were provided has been awarded £30,700 in damages by an Edinburgh sheriff. Louise Stevenson argued that the change in policy constituted disability