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HIS MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE AGAINST TIGH-NA-MUIRN LTD [2023] ScotHC HCJAC_30 (18 August 2023)
The Appeal Court held that a fine for a care home’s health and safety breach was unduly lenient and increased it after a resident died from ingesting cleaning liquid.
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE BY ST DAVID'S CARE FORFAR LTD AGAINST HMA [2023] ScotHC HCJAC_17 (23 May 2023)
The Appeal Court upheld a £100,000 fine imposed on a care home company after a resident died following exposure to the cold.
MINUTE OF TRANSOCEAN DRILLING UK LTD AGAINST GREENPEACE LTD AND ANOTHER [2020] ScotCS CSOH_66 (03 July 2020)
The Court of Session held Greenpeace in contempt for breaching an interdict through protest actions and found the conduct deliberate, with sanction to follow.
Scottish Power Generation Ltd v HM Advocate [2016] ScotHC HCJAC_99 (03 November 2016)
Appeal court reduced a health and safety fine, holding the English Sentencing Council guideline could be used as a cross-check, not mechanically applied.
SCOTBEEF Ltd AGAINST PROCURATOR FISCAL, STIRLING [2014] ScotHC HCJAC_61 (12 June 2014)
The Appeal Court reduced fines imposed on Scotbeef Limited for environmental offences, holding that the sheriff had taken account of an irrelevant factual matter in sentencing.
Dundee Cold Stores & Ors v HM Advocate [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_102 (24 July 2012)
The Appeal Court quashed fines imposed for health and safety breaches after finding the sheriff misdirected herself on aggravation, mitigation, and sentencing comparators.
Scottish Sea Farms Ltd & Anor v HM Advocate [2012] ScotHC HCJAC_11 (26 January 2012)
The Appeal Court reduced fines imposed on two companies after health and safety convictions arising from a fatal confined-space incident on a barge.
HM Advocate v Doonin Plant Ltd [2010] ScotHC HCJAC_80 (03 August 2010)
The High Court of Justiciary held that an £8,000 fine for unlawful waste disposal was unduly lenient and substituted a £90,000 fine.
LH Access Technology Ltd & Anor v. Her Majesty's Advocate [2009] ScotHC HCJAC_11 (29 January 2009)
The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld £240,000 fines on two companies after a worker died during an unsafe mobile platform manoeuvre.
Her Majesty's Advocate v. Munro And Sons (Highland) Ltd [2009] ScotHC HCJAC_10 (28 January 2009)
The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary increased a company fine for a fatal health and safety breach from £3,750 to £30,000.
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