A man who was jailed two charges of tax fraud has been told he will have to repay the money. Iain Wilson, 61, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in January after he was found guilty of income tax and National Insurance fraud.
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Channel 5 has been ordered by a court to pay a couple £10,000 after it broadcast their eviction. Shakar Ali, 52, and his wife Shaida Aslam, 49, from Barking in East London, were filmed on the TV show Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after they fell into rent arrears.
Fines dodgers have been warned to pay up before they try to fly after a number of non-payers were arrested at airports in Scotland and England. A man coming back from holiday in the Netherlands with a group of friends was arrested at Liverpool Airport over unpaid fines amounting to £770. The man, f
A former sheriff whose wife divorced him while he was on holiday has asked a judge to scrap the ruling. Raj Jandoo, 60, Scotland’s first Asian advocate, said he returned home from a holiday in India in 2016 to find his wife, Nerinder Kaur, had been granted a divorce.
A joint initiative to put Scotland’s legal services on the international map will be launched today. A group of Scotland’s leading commercial law firms, in partnership with Scottish Development International (SDI) and the Law Society of Scotland, will launch Scottish Legal International (SLI) in
As part of the Law Society of Scotland's Rules Review Project, regulations on admission as a solicitor are to be revised. Jane MacEachran, convener of the Law Society’s Education and Training Policy committee, said: “In addition to changing the processes on how lawyers from elsewhere in the worl
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that a Lithuanian lawyer convicted of bribery offences had not suffered a violation of his rights. Kęstas Ramanauskas is a Lithuanian national who was born in 1966 and lives in Kaišiadorys. He worked as a lawyer in his own private practice.
A pilot court project dedicated to dealing with people convicted on summary complaint where alcohol has significantly contributed to their offending is being established at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The Alcohol Court, which is to be presided over by Sheriff Iain Fleming, is the latest “problem-solvin
A lawyer has criticised his colleagues for breaking ranks and enlisting in the legal aid police station duty scheme in Angus, The Courier reports. Mike Ferrie, Dean of the Society of Procurators and Solicitors of Angus, said the boycott of the scheme “required total support and trust between Angus
Car dealers have been warned they face criminal sanctions if they fail to disclose that second hand cars they are selling are former business vehicles. New guidance has been issued by trading standard officers to assist dealers in complying with consumer law.
The Commons Home Affairs Committee has criticised the Home Office over delays to the Immigration White Paper and warns of serious problems for immigration service delivery and border security as a result of lack of decisions, proper planning or sufficient resources, in its report into the delivery o
Prosecutors will not be taking action against four men following a fraud probe into the collapse of a £400 million finance company. Lawyer Gregory King, 49, and three other men were reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service by detectives investigating his hedge fund Heather Capital
The Law Society of Scotland has been made aware that Scottish law firms have recently been targeted by a redemption statement scam when acting in sale or remortgage transactions. When a solicitor requests a redemption statement from a lender, the lender in many instances sends that redemption statem
Numerous industrial sites are failing to comply with environmental protection measures, the BBC reports. Both BP’s Kinneil Terminal and Petroineos at Gragemouth were rated “poor” in addition to two sites at Dounreay.
