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A police constable who was injured while playing the role of an attacker during an officer safety training course has had a claim for damages refused by a judge in the Court of Session. Debbie Stevenson was “strangling” a colleague on the floor of a gym when she was thrown off during an exercise

An oil company is suing the Scottish Government over claims its property is being contaminated by “hazardous chemicals” released from land used for the M74 extension. Esso Petroleum wants the Scottish Ministers to take action to prevent further escapes and is seeking damages for the cost of moni

A jobseeker has received what could be the rudest ever rejection letter, describing him as a “d**k” and “an old, aesthetically challenged guy with no teeth”.

A Dundee solicitor advocate has been acquitted of a speeding charge following a traffic expert’s opinion that police evidence against him described a physically impossible situation. Kristofer Gilmartin, 33 (pictured), of Norrie and Gilmartin Solicitors, denied driving at 51mph in a 30mph limit ar

A commuter on the London Underground who told a man to “f*** himself” on a train arrived at his job interview to find that his interviewer was the very same man. HR executive Matt Buckland said the job seeker launched the tirade against him as they were both alighting a packed rush-hour train.

A Californian man is facing criminal charges after he drove his car through a crowd of “zombies”, injuring a woman. Matthew Pocci, 48, is to be charged with reckless driving causing bodily injury after he ploughed his car into the zombie walk at the Comic Con event in San Diego because his child

A man who settled his personal injury damages action has successfully appealed against a sheriff’s finding that no expenses were due to or by either party. Sheriff Principal Alastair Dunlop QC (pictured) found the defender liable to the pursuer in the expenses of the action after ruling that the s

Hundreds paid tribute to criminal defence lawyer Joe Beltrami (pictured) at his funeral in Glasgow yesterday. Something of Mr Beltrami’s character was revealed at the requiem mass held for him following his death last week at the age of 82.

The Home Office has been accused of holding “highly offensive” and “outdated” views of sexuality after it rejected the asylum claim of a Nigerian lesbian, who claims to be avoiding sexual persecution, on the basis she cannot be gay as she has children and was previously in heterosexual relat

Maria Rud, a Russian artist based in Edinburgh, along with sculptor and partner Ewan Allinson, have won a legal case against the Swiss gallery, Galerie Zabbeni. In 2012, Ms Rud and Mr Allinson were invited by gallery owner Andrea Zabbeni, to exhibit over 30 original works of art and sculpture at the

Solicitor Carol Fox, of Fox and Partners (pictured), has written about becoming a single mother through IVF treatment in the 1990s in her new book Memoirs of a Feminist Mother. Carol, 55, who recently won millions in equal pay for female workers from North and South Lanarkshire councils, relates how

Ampersand Stable’s Lauren Sutherland, Junior Counsel for the appellant in the Supreme Court case of Montgomery analyses the case.

Following SLN’s news on the increasing number of women entering the legal profession Audrey Dishington (pictured) discusses female representation at Pagan Osborne. It has been widely reported that women are under-represented at senior levels throughout industry and this is particularly prevalent i

A short person dressed as Star Wars character has robbed a bank in North Carolina. The five foot thief was dressed as Darth Vader and wielded a rifle which he pointed at the teller, making her hand over thousands of dollars.

A lecturer who was deceived into believing he was the father of his former wife’s child has been awarded £100,000 in repaid maintenance payments. The man, who cannot be named, found out that the child, who was conceived via IVF treatment, was created with the sperm of the woman’s former boyfrie