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A couple who took their neighbour to court over a "very minor” trespass which they refused to settle for £13,000 must now pay a £130,000 legal bill. Liz and Adam Peck refused the offer of a settlement from Debbie Ranford, a City banker, in a dispute relating to their home in Dulwic

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP has welcomed Carolyn Richards as a partner. Ms Richards has almost 30 years’ experience of the new homes sector. An Aberdonian educated at St. Margaret’s School for Girls and the University of Aberdeen, she has practised exclusively in the housebu

JUSTICE has welcomed a decision of the European Court of Human Rights that stayed the removal of an asylum seeker to Rwanda as part of deal between the UK and Rwandan governments. The human rights organisation said the policy of transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda risks denying individuals effecti

Apple abused its market dominance after misleading iPhone users with an update that actually slowed devices down, a tribunal will be told. Twenty-five million British people could become eligible for hundreds of pounds each if campaigner Justin Gutmann wins his case at the Competition Appeals Tribun

An Edinburgh GP has been jailed for four years for the rape of a woman he met through an online dating site. Dr Manesh Gill, 39, was sentenced to four years imprisonment after being found guilty of sexually assaulting his victim when they met for the first time.

A bill that enshrines in law the Scottish government’s commitment to making Scotland a 'Good Food Nation', has been passed. The approach aims to create links between policy at the national and local levels, with government, local authorities and health boards all creating good food nation plan

Most voters and businesses back the continued use of online court hearings as part of the modernisation of the justice system, a think-tank has claimed. The Social Market Foundation found that three-quarters of 1,000 individuals polled were content with online hearings and other remote access arrang

Teachers, like councillors, exercise what little power they have to what little ends they can. While few school pupils nowadays will actively be stopped from using the bathroom when nature calls, many of us have felt the disfavour of a teacher when attempting to do so. Perhaps the law should assist

Burness Paull has been named the top-performing legal dealmaker in Scotland for the sixth time, topping the Business Insider deals table for 2021. In the tables published this week the firm led the market, having advised on 358 deals.

An appeal by a man charged with fraud and money laundering against a sheriff’s decision not to grant an application for the disclosure of the prior convictions of an individual mentioned in his special defence of incrimination has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. The appellant, MA

Cyclists from Lindsays clocked up almost 1,000 miles as they hit the road to help disadvantaged children.

Westcor has welcomed Laura Lapsley and Caroline Tait to its office in Glasgow. Ms Lapsley joins as a commercial underwriter having worked previously at another major title insurer for the last seven years.

Prison leavers believed to be likely to re-offend when drinking will face alcohol bans monitored with electronic tags under a new scheme rolled out across England. Under the scheme, first piloted in Wales, probation officers will be able to keep a closer eye on offenders' behaviour through the use o

An antisemitic sculpture can remain on the facade of a church, Germany's highest court has ruled. The 13th century Judensau in the eastern town of Wittenberg depicts a rabbi lifting the tail of a sow while two Jewish children suckle at its teats.

Animal rights advocates have failed to persuade a court that an elephant named Happy who was captured at the age of one and brought to the US is legally a person. New York's highest appeals court ruled by 5-2 that Asian elephant Happy, who was born in the wild in Thailand, has not been illegally det