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A rape case has collapsed days before trial after evidence emerged showing the defendant cuddling his accuser in bed. Samson Makele, 28, was accused of raping a woman he met in 2016 at the Notting Hill Carnival.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined (for the first time ever) a merging party for a failure to provide information during a merger investigation, write David Flint and Rebecca Ferguson.

Macdonald Henderson has advised Old College Capital, University of Edinburgh’s investment arm, in its investment alongside Scottish Investment Bank, Equity Gap and high-net-worth individuals, in a £1.6 million funding round in Shot Scope Technologies, maker of a performance-tracking watch for gol

Paul Chapman Intellectual property practice Marks & Clerk filed the highest number of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications between January 2014 and December 2016 according to data published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

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A man who was given an order for lifelong restriction after being convicted of attempted murder has had an appeal against his sentence refused. It was argued that the sentencing judge erred in concluding that the appellant met the “risk criteria”, but the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justic

Kaley Crossthwaite The value of fraud in Scotland dropped 76.8 per cent in 2017 to £16.2 million having recorded a four-year high in 2016 following a 283.1 per cent increase to £69.6m, according to new research published by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP.

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Douglas Mill SLN readers will have detected a recent dimming of the Northern Lights.

Frances Sim Restitution has expanded its team with the appointment of Frances Sim as general counsel to its Edinburgh office.

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A man has been jailed for six years for possessing a potentially lethal automatic weapon. Police officers discovered the Heckler and Koch submachine gun as part of a major investigation into serious organised crime.

Amnesty International has called on Israeli authorities to release 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, who will appear in court today over an altercation with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last month. Ms Tamimi (pictured) will appear before Ofer military court accused of aggra

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Jim Duffy, a barrister at 1 Crown Office Row, will be running the London Marathon in aid of the London Legal Support Trust (LLST) this April. LLST supports law centres and legal advice agencies in London and the South East of England