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Taxpayers must foot the bill for a fail fraud prosecution brought by a millionaire solicitor, a judge ruled yesterday. Judge Phillip Matthews ordered that the public cover the legal costs of Ashok Patel, 68, of central London.

A 50-strong team from legal firm Pinsent Masons’ Glasgow office raised approximately £11,000 on the Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk. Lawyers and support staff were among 13,0000 Kiltwalkers who set off on a 23-mile trek from Glasgow Green and raised a cumulative £3.5 million which

A woman who allegedly trespassed at CIA headquarters four times while asking to speak to "Agent Penis" has been arrested. Jennifer G. Hernandez, 58, first showed up in April claiming that she had applied for a job with the CIA and was told to come directly to the facility.

A dog-owner who challenged a sheriff’s decision to order the destruction of her pet Bullmastiff after it attacked a passer-by and another dog has had her appeal dismissed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary rejected the argument that the sheriff ought to have imposed a

The Court of Session has ruled in favour of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) in three separate leave to appeal cases. In each case, the court refused leave. The applicants had each argued that the SLCC was wrong to determine that their complaints were made outside the SLCC’s tim

Gilson Gray has promoted two of its team to partner. Sally Nash has been promoted within the family law team while John Fulton has been made partner within the firm’s real estate department.

Shoosmiths has announced two promotions and a senior level lateral hire within its real estate and corporate teams. Sheelagh Cooley, a specialist in real estate finance who joined Shoosmiths as a senior associate in 2014 has been promoted to partner.

Clyde & Co recently announced the latest round of promotions to legal director and senior counsel across the globe. Amongst the international promotions was Edinburgh-based casualty lawyer, Andrew Tolmie. Mr Tolmie has over nine years' experience assisting insurance, commercial and public sector

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal has unanimously agreed the Royal Opera House (ROH) Covent Garden failed to take reasonable steps to prevent injury to viola player Christopher Goldscheider during a 2012 rehearsal of the Wagner opera, Die Walkure. As a result of his injury, Mr Goldscheider

Four Scottish law schools have made the top 10 in this year's Complete University Guide. Glasgow University fell a place to third this year, trailing Cambridge and University College London, and was followed by Oxford in fourth.

Court closures across England and Wales are "putting justice in danger", the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has warned. The professional body for legal executives said the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) was putting "the cart before the horse" by going ahead with court closu

A powerful sketch by Nelson Mandela, The Cell Door, Robben Island, has been sold at Bonhams' modern and contemporary African art sale, in New York for $112,575. The wax pastel crayon work, which the South African revolutionary and president created in 2002, was one of the few that the statesman kept

A burglar who was stabbed to death by a pensioner was lawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Henry Vincent was stabbed to death as he burgled the home of Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, in southeast London last April.

A judge in Virginia has ruled that the Confederate statues in Charlottesville are war memorials protected by law and that they cannot be removed. Judge Richard Moore made the decision in a case against city council members who voted two years ago to take down a statue of Confederate General Robert E

The Scottish committee for Cancer Research Racquet – the international group of US, UK & EU legal professionals who raise money for cancer research – has announced details of its 2019 Scottish fundraiser: a Champagne Garden Party, to be held in Edinburgh on the evening of Friday 24 M