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A fraudster who used a dead man's highly-coveted membership card to get the best seats at Lord's Cricket Ground has been spared jail. James Lattimer, 51, bought the card, which belonged to a member who died in 2014, from eBay and put his own photo on it.

A company which sells “souvenir” plots of land and claimed that buyers could style themselves as “Lord of Lady” of an estate has had a £750,000 defamation action against an MSP dismissed. Wildcat Haven Enterprises claimed that Andy Wightman damaged its re

A bill to strengthen animal cruelty penalties and introduce emergency procedures to rehome animals will be debated in the Scottish Parliament today. Members will be asked to agree to the general principles of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill which aims to:

The Scottish Legal Awards has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The awards, which were due to be held in Glasgow next Thursday, have been called off until the summer.

Burges Salmon continues to grow in Scotland as Amy McVey joins the firm’s banking team as a director. Ms McVey joins the firm from the banking and finance team at Brodies and previously worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Shepherd and Wedderburn's corporate team has acted for Bella & Duke Limited, a pet wellness brand and a vendor of raw, unprocessed pet food, to secure a £3.5 million investment. Founded in 2016 by dog-owners Mark Scott and Tony Ottley, the funding will be used to expand Bella & Duke's

The volume of High Court indictments registered in recent quarters continues to be above 200 per quarter, a trend expected to continue due to increased reporting of sexual offending. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's quarterly statistical bulletin also reveal that 2,492 petitions

Representatives of the Colombian Truth Commission visited Edinburgh on 11 March to promote the work being done to clarify the main causes of the armed conflict and Colombia’s human rights crisis and promote co-existence, in a visit supported by Arnot Manderson Advocates.

Over a dozen judges have been arrested in Slovakia in connection with a police investigation sparked by the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. The 13 judges, who reportedly include the vice-president of Slovakia's Supreme Court, have been arrested alongside five others believ

Macdonald Henderson has advised the sole shareholder of RUA Medical Devices in the agreed conditional takeover by artificial heart valve developer AorTech International, in a £2.45 million deal that brings together two Scottish life sciences companies.Dundee-based Aortech is behind Elast-Eon,

Kate Scarborough, a final year Scots and English law student at the University of Dundee, has been selected for this year’s paid traineeship at Scottish Legal News. Kate, from Crieff, graduates in June and is active in the university's mooting society. This year she is also part of the Sc

Immigration judges in the US have forced officials to backtrack on an order to remove courthouse posters providing coronavirus advice in English and Spanish. The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) issued advice to judges recommending they display posters from the Centers for Disease C

A lawyer who wrongly claimed his client couldn't make court because he was being tested for coronavirus has been rebuked by a judge. Mr Blakely, 69, a sheriff in the US state of Alabama, is accused of stealing campaign donations, using his job to obtain interest-free loans and soliciting money from

Three years after a defamation action was brought against him, Scottish Greens MSP Andy Wightman has been vindicated by a judge in the Court of Session. Lord Clark in the Outer House found, among other things, that the allegedly defamatory statements of Mr Wightman lacked the meaning the "ordinary r