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A woman has availed herself of the ancient Norman rite of Clameur de Haro in an attempt to stop the narrowing of a road in Guernsey. Rosie Henderson invoked the clameur by kneeling and crying for help and reciting the Lord's Prayer, in Norman French.

The Supreme Court will be hosting several Open Days throughout the summer months. These events are completely free. The will be held on Friday 24 August - 0930 to 1630, Tuesday 28 August - 0930 to 1630, Friday 21 September - 0930 to 1630. Programme highlights on these special days:

Burness Paull LLP is on track to meet the targets set out in its ambitious three-year growth plan.  The firm has reported a strong performance in its financial year ending 31 July 2018 – securing a ninth year of consecutive growth with an annual turnover of £57.6 million, up seven p

Two sheriffs have been appointed as specialists to hear cases in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. Sheriff Robert Fife and Sheriff Robert Weir QC have been designated by Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC, Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders, as specialists in actions of damages

Dozens of people are suing a fertility doctor who they say secretly used his own sperm to impregnate women attending his clinic. The serious allegations against Dr Norman Barwin are backed up by DNA tests which claimants say prove he is the biological father of at least 11 people whose parents went

A man who was sentenced to five-and-a-half months’ imprisonment for assaulting his wife with one month attributed to a breach of a Community Payback Order (CPO) has had his sentenced reduced after appeal sheriffs ruled that the sheriff’s approach was “fundamentally flawed”. The Sheriff Appea

A man found guilty of dangerous driving who claimed that there was “insufficient evidence” to corroborate his admission that he was the driver and that the warning he received from police that he was to be prosecuted was given “at the time the offence was committed” has had his appeal agains

Tyre firm Michelin has been fined £5,000 by an employment tribunal for unfairly sacking a grieving worker, The Herald reports. It marks the first time a judge in Scotland has exercised powers granted in 2014 to fine bosses for this kind of behaviour.

Lord Hennessy Wednesday 14 February

A cyclist who was struck by a 4×4 towing a trailer while taking part in a bike race has been awarded £55,000 damages. Graeme Daly, who was participating in a 10-mile team time trial event in Perth and Kinross, was seeking £110,000 following the collision in 2015.

A man accused of assaulting a nursing assisting whose plea of not guilty was accepted by the Crown on the basis that he was unable by reason of mental disorder to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct has had an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to impose a compulsion order dismissed. The S

A Scottish woman who was struck by a motorcyclist after an afternoon of drinking in a pub while on holiday in Spain will have any damages awarded to her reduced after she was found to have “materially contributed” to the accident. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court ruled

Neil Benyon (left) and Sheriff Macfarlane

Peter Lawson Burness Paull has advised on the successful management buyout of Cortex Worldwide from a multi-billion dollar global corporation.

Following successful seminars in Inverness and Aberdeen the next stop on the Terra Firm Tour Bus will be Dundee on 30th November. The first two events were well attended and feedback from both was very positive. The ‘line up’ for the Dundee event is: