A man who raps about robbing ATMs has been arrested on suspicion of robbing an ATM. Ladesion Riley, a 30-year-old from Houston, Texas recently released a YouTube video where he raps about frequently robbing ATMs out of state.
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House prices in Scotland are expected to rise amid a fall in buyer demand, according to the latest Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The outcomes of the May survey indicate that a balance of +15 per cent of respondents expect prices to rise over
New legislation which proposes changes to the way imprisonment is used in Scotland has been published. The Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill will refocus the way remand is used, with an emphasis on remand being reserved for those who pose a risk to public safety, or those who wilfully fa
A man has been arrested and charged with the attempted murder of US Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Nicholas John Roske was allegedly found with a gun and a knife after his arrest near the justice's home in California early on Wednesday morning, The Washington Post reports.
Civil Online users can now submit documents with a file size of up to 50mb for both ordinary cause and simple procedure. Solicitors can use Civil Online to submit documents for all types of ordinary procedure action and are also able to use the Civil Online API to transfer simple procedure claims di
A lawyer is raising money for her début at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Clyde & Co lawyer Ross Fairweather has qualified as a solicitor advocate. Mr Fairweather is an associate in Clyde and Co's large loss and catastrophic injuries unit in Edinburgh. He acts on behalf of the country's largest insurance companies, and self-insured companies, specialising in defending
The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that a deceased man who resembled and had the same date of birth as a deceased woman’s third husband was in fact the man she had married in 1991. Directions were sought by Janusy Tomala, the executor dative of the late Elizabeth Don, subsequent
A 30-year-old man has been jailed for large-scale fly tipping of car tyres on streets, car parks and empty land around Glasgow. Declan Clarke, from Drumchapel, was sentenced to 11 months' imprisonment at Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) should be abolished as the highest court of appeal for Commonwealth countries, a prominent black barrister in London has said. Leslie Thomas QC told The Times that the British court was one of the "last vestiges of colonialism" and had been supersed
The Legal Services Board, eight legal services regulators and two disciplinary tribunals have all reaffirmed their commitment to taking action to ensure lawyers' workplaces are more inclusive. The signatories to the new principles – Tackling counter-inclusive misconduct through disciplinary pr
Victoria Blair comments on the benefits of housebuilding and the need for more investment in the sector. On 20th May the housebuilding sector got together for the first time in over two years at the flagship Homes for Scotland lunch. While providing a chance to network and celebrate the achievements
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Elite Sports, JD Sports and Rangers Football Club broke competition law by fixing the retail prices of certain Rangers-branded clothing products.
A police officer who had the words "PURE EVIL" tattooed across his knuckles has been sacked. Eric Weyda has launched an appeal against his sacking by Cincinnati Police Department four months after getting the ill-advised tattoos, WLWT5 reports.
The family of an Israeli writer whose article inspired the 1986 film Top Gun is suing Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over the new sequel. They argue the studio lacked the rights to Ehud Yonay's 1983 story "Top Guns" when it released Top Gun: Maverick.