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An 87-year-old woman who was cutting dandelions near her home in rural Georgia was tasered by police last week and arrested for criminal trespass and obstruction. Chatsworth Police said Marth Al-Bishara refused to drop the steak knife she was using to cut the flowers despite several commands to do s

A soldier acquitted of rape who was sued by the complainer has been ordered to pay her £100,000 after he failed to defend the claim. Sean Diamond, 24, stood trial accused of raping a woman while she slept in a flat in Dundee in 2015.

Anderson Strathern has announced a new partner appointment in its commercial litigation team together with a raft of senior promotions and trainee retentions following a strong year of growth so far in 2018. Gillian Jamieson, who becomes partner, joined the firm in 2016 and has been instrumental in

Dr Claire McDiarmid of Strathclyde University has joined the homicide team at the Scottish Law Commission. Dr McDiarmid will work for several months as part of the team developing a Discussion Paper on the mental element of homicide. The homicide law reform project forms part of the Commission&

People campaigning to extend adoption rights to people over the age of 18 gave evidence to the Public Petitions Committee in the Scottish Parliament this morning. During his opening remarks, Nathan Sparling said that the current law that prohibits people over the age of 18 from being adopted is at o

Hardly a day goes by without another newspaper article or statistic about the challenges of being a working parent, the rise in sex-related discrimination in the workplace, and the ever persistent gender pay gap. As a caregiver, it is hard, at times, to see light at the end of the tunnel. Happily, a

Law firms and other employers have taken action to tackle mental health stigma as part of World Mental Health Day today. ScotRail, Apex Hotels, engineering company Babcock and Burness Paull LLP have joined together with the See Me programme, to highlight the potential impact of mental health stigma

Westwater Advocates is celebrating the service of Christina Ballantyne, who today marks the outstanding achievement of 35 years' work with Faculty Services Ltd. Ms Ballantyne began her career with a two-month spell in the mailroom before she was quickly promoted to the accounts team, where

A mafia hitman who testified against his former colleagues is suing a TV network over a drama which revealed his past to his teenage daughter. Pasquale di Filippo spent ten years in jail after admitting to four murders, but helped convict other mafia bosses and was granted a new identity on his rele