Regulatory Crime

Construction company and director fined over fatal accident: At Dundee Sheriff Court on 8 June 2009, Richard Pratt, a Director of Discovery Homes (Scotland) Ltd, pled guilty to a breach of sections 2(1) & 37 the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The conviction is only the sec......

Demolition company fined over fatal accident At Glasgow Sheriff Court on 16 February 2010, E. Nicholson & Sons (Metals) Limited pled guilty to a breach of section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974. ......

At Haddington Sheriff Court on 26 April 2010, the firm of Hamilton Farmers (East Lothian), pled guilty to a breach of section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974. ......

A Sheriff has imposed a community service order on a man whose careless driving caused the death of a pensioner at a bus stop in Glenrothes. Sean Medeiros lost control of his council van when his hand became trapped in the steering wheel after he instinctively tried to grab a set of keys that had ......

Parties and Background: The pursuer was a businessman who owned several firearms which he stored at his home near Beauly. The defender was the Chief Constable of Northern Constabulary. The defender had revoked the pursuer's firearms certificates under s.30 of the Firearms Act 1968 following a......

In this action, the petitioners sought interdict and interim interdict to prevent the respondent from describing himself as an osteopath. The court heard that the Osteopaths Act 1993 was enacted to provide a statutory scheme for the practice of osteopathy in the UK, with section 3 of the Act desig......

Case note from Sutton Defence Lawyers Mr H was charged with sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault without penetration as regards someone he met on a dating site.  He had the duty representative assist him at the police station where he denied the offences. He later instructed us ......

On 29 March 2010 the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal had found the petitioner guilty of professional misconduct and made an order censuring him, finding him liable for the expenses of the proceedings before it. The petitioner appealed against that decision under section 54 of the Solicitors......