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 (Scotland) Act 1980. The petitioner argued firstly, that the circumstances of his referral to the tribunal did not justify them finding him guilty of professional misconduct, and secondly, that the ...
|
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 designating the conditions for registration as an osteopath. Section 32 of Act provides that it is an offence for anyone to describe themselves as an osteopath in any way, if that individual is not register ...
|
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 visit by police officers to the pursuer's house on 23rd May 2010. The police had received intelligence from a confidential source that the pursuer was storing firearms and shotguns insecurely ...
|
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 slid from the dashboard. He failed to stop his van as it left the road and collided with a bus shelter, killing a 66 year old woman. The Sheriff agreed that it was appropriate to have regar ...
|
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.
|
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.
|
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 second successful prosecution of a company Director in Scotland. Mr Pratt accepted that the company’s failure to ensure adequate guarding of a smoke extraction shaft was attributable to his n ...
|
Crown Appeal Against Sentence:- On 11 April 2008 the respondents pled guilty at a continued preliminary hearing at the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh of a contravention of section 3(1) and section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 which related to a road traffic accident involving a lorry driver employed by the respondents which resulted in a female dying. The sentencing judge imposed a fine of £3,750, discounted from £5,000 to reflect the plea of guilty at ...
|
| 1 |