Police in Illinois arrested a man for driving under the influence after he was spotted driving with a 15-foot tree embedded in his grille. The man was stopped a few weeks ago after a patrol car caught sight of his mangled vehicle driving down the road.
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The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed its design of a ride-on suitcase for children, affirming criticisms made by the Court of Appeal that the Community Registered Design (CRD) for the product was not simply a claim for a suitcase shape but for a
A senior judge and his brother have both won the lottery. James and Bob Stocklas from Pennsylvania bought lottery tickets in Florida on their way home from the Sunshine State.
The Supreme Court has ruled a company’s VAT repayments, made after it overpaid VAT, are liable to corporation tax. The appellant, Shop Direct Group (SDG), is a company in the Littlewoods corporate group (the Group).
Supreme Court unanimously allows appeal against Extra Division ruling from employee who fell at work
A home carer who was injured after she slipped and fell in icy conditions en route to a client has won her appeal to the Supreme Court based on the admissibility of the evidence of an expert witness and whether the respondents had been in breach of their statutory duties or negligent. Lord Reed and
Ukrainian police risked an inter-galactic incident after Chewbacca was dragged into court over electoral law offences. A man dressed head-to-toe as the furry Star Wars character was fined 170 hryvnia (around £5) for failing to produce ID when driving Darth Vader - a local election candidate - to a
, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels”. “One can see the advantage of that,” Mr Justice Mostyn observed, “in that it would result in consistency across the continent on what is o
An asylum seeker who was deported to Nigeria with her five-year-old son will be returned to the UK after appeal judges ruled that the Home Secretary failed to consider the “best interests” of the child when ordering their removal. The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) held that Sec
With the Scottish government and the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum advising that all non-essential building sites in Scotland should close in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Harper Macleod partner Michael Conroy outlines what this means for building projects that are governed by the
Staff from Digby Brown’s Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Kirkcaldy offices took part in the 2018 Edinburgh Marathon Hairy Haggis Team Relay to raise money for their local charity partners.
An assessor who challenged a decision by a valuation appeal committee to remove a property from a council tax valuation list on the basis that it was no longer a dwelling house has successfully appealed against the determination. The Inner House of the Court of Session allowed an appeal by the Asses
Whatever type of ‘Brexit’ is eventually agreed between the UK and the EU, legislation made by the EU and the case law of the European Court of Justice is likely to be important for Scottish courts for many years in the future. The way that EU law influences UK courts is likely to change however.
A legal bid to remove the so-called “Independence Camp” from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament has been granted after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that such a move would not breach the protestors’ human rights. Lord Turnbull held that the order sought by the petitioners was “pr
Rob Marrs Rob Marrs, head of education at the Law Society of Scotland, discusses the rarely addressed question of gender equality in the legal profession – for men.
The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen is a professional body of legal practitioners in Aberdeen and the northeast of Scotland, incorporated by three Royal Charters in 1774, 1799, and 1862. The Society’s roots date back to at least the 16th century, and historically it was responsible for the tr
