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A Colorado woman was arrested after she allegedly tried to burglarise a home while her three children waited in the car. Matters were made worse for Melanie Romero, 35, when she discovered the homeowner was a retired police officer.

Sir Keir Starmer QC Journalists accused of bribing officials or hacking phones should benefit from a “public interest” defence in law according to a former director of public prosecutions.

Nick Atkins New laws relieve land of permanent stigma over contamination, writes Nick Atkins.

An American lawyer has admitted mocking his client, but claims he was kidding when he challenged him to a duel. Donald Franz of Donald Franz Law Offices derided his own client as "some kind of small penis asshole", according to a filing by the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commis

David Armstrong David Armstrong discusses the claims arising from accidents involving buses and how technology might be used to avoid such tragedies in the future.

A judge has told a man he must marry his girlfriend or spend a fortnight in prison.

A court in Nigeria has granted a man a divorce because his wife served him dinner late everyday. Olufade Adekoya told a courtroom in Lagos that his wife of 25 years, Olusola, served him his meals late.

Police officers in the Indian city of Rajura have arrested a parrot for allegedly cursing at an 85-year-old woman. The parrot, name "Hariyal", was said to have been trained by his owner Suresh Sakharkar for two years to squawk a stream of obscenities at the sight of his 85-year-old stepmother, Janab

Cat MacLean A well-known Edinburgh solicitor who was aided by the Maggie's centre during her battle against aggressive breast cancer is to swim the Forth to say thank you and raise finds for the charity.

An American law graduate has offered his diploma for sale on Craigslist in an effort to recoup the massive $210,000 cost of going to university. The unnamed student wrote in his ad: “I'm selling my Juris Doctor because I don't use it and I'm trying to work my way out of debt slavery.

An employee who was fired by text message after querying his rate of pay has been awarded £15,000 at an employment tribunal after the judge found he had been unfairly dismissed. Christopher Hillis, a former chef de partie, at Glasgow restaurant Cail Bruich, was given less than minimum wage and was

In recognition of the event, his long-time colleague and friend, Sheriff Kevin Drummond QC, wrote: I mentioned casually in conversation to a fishing colleague last week that I was going to Lochnabeithe to visit Ian Hamilton: my colleague doesn’t know Ian and has never met him but he

Professor Alan Page The Dean's Medal is to be given to a University of Dundee graduate at the School of Law's annual awards ceremony this evening.

Chris Grayling A criminologist and government researcher has said the criminal courts charge which people are frequently unable to pay is in breach of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

A teaching assistant at a school in Manchester who seduced a school pupil and had sex with him 50 times has avoided jail and instead been given a two year suspended sentence and 250 hours' community service. The schoolboy, who cannot be named, had unprotected sex with teaching assistantCaroline Berr