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Retired Irish barrister Bill Shipsey, a former chair of Amnesty International Ireland, pens an open letter to former senator Lord Glennie over his controversial role on the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) courts. Dear Angus Glennie,

A partner at a City of London firm has been sanctioned for wrongly advising her clients that they could share a Zoom link for a remote court hearing. Ziva Robertson, partner at US-headquartered McDermott Will & Emery, received a written rebuke from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on Mo

The owner of Ladbrokes, Coral and other gambling brands is to pay £17 million after social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures at its online and land-based businesses.

The UK government must reveal more passages of internal documents assessing the human rights situation in Rwanda which were drawn up before ministers adopted a controversial asylum policy, a court has ruled. Lawyers acting for foreign secretary Liz Truss had asked the High Court to grant public inte

A university library's prized manuscript by Galileo has been identified as a forgery. The University of Michigan Library described the document as one of its "great treasures", believing it to be a draft of a letter sent by Galileo to the Doge of Venice in 1609.

A taxi driver who reported alleged frauds to the police and later sought to have his personal data erased from police records has lost a case seeking orders to that effect under the Data Protection Act 2018. Robert Bartosik, who also sought damages for the distress caused by Police Scotland’s

The resignation of a senior New Zealand judge from the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Courts has piled more pressure on former senator Lord Glennie over his role on the controversial courts. Sir William Young, a former judge of the New Zealand Supreme Court who is well known for leading a

Andrew Diamond, partner and head of residential property at Lindsays, reveals how ‘subject to purchase’ bids hold potential for unlocking opportunities to bring more homes on to market as well as greater buying power. Contract clauses which make home sales subject to the seller buying th

Jones Whyte has been named by Open Goal Broomhill FC as its latest official partner and kit sponsor for the 2022/2023 season. The partnership will see the law firm's branding emblazoned across the back of the original Open Goal Broomhill FC home and away shirts, brand visibility on home matchdays at

The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry has now launched its application process for those who wish to be core participants in the Inquiry. Unlike the UK Inquiry which is asking for applications on a module-by-module basis, the Chair is asking for all applications at the outset of the Inquiry. Applications mu

Argyll lawyer Ruben Murdanaigum has passed away after collapsing in the street. Originally from Mauritius, where he grew up in poverty, Mr Murdanaigum qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1980 and founded his own practice, Rubens Solicitors, in 2000.

Macdonald Henderson has advised the shareholders of Campbell Thomson Insurance Services on its acquisition by Verso Wealth Management. Founded in 1978, Glasgow-based Campbell Thomson is a second generation firm providing specialist financial advice and planning for businesses and individuals across

An employment tribunal has thrown out a claim by an "anti-woke" barrister who was expelled from his chambers after tweeting about a "stroppy teenager of colour". Jon Holbrook, formerly of Cornerstone Chambers, made the comment in relation to a news story about a young woman who took her school to co

A final costs order in the high-profile 'Wagatha Christie' case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy could be up to two years away, according to a specialist costs lawyer. Mrs Vardy sued Mrs Rooney after she was publicly accused of leaking details of her personal life to The Sun. The High Court i

Gangsters who ran a fake police station for eight months in order to extort people have been exposed and arrested. The fake police station, run out of a hotel, was set up in the Indian state of Bihar just 500 metres away from a real police station, NDTV reports.