Drinks industry to fight minimum pricing plan for alcohol in Scotland

Drinks industry bosses have pledged to take their fight to stop the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after their legal challenge was dismissed by a court.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) have rejected pleas by MSPs, alcohol awareness charities and doctors to end their legal challenge to minimum unit pricing (MUP) after Scotland’s highest civil court ruled that it was compatible with UK and European Union (EU) law.