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A lawyer who inadvertently broadcast himself having sex with his client to a bemused judge in an online court hearing has been disbarred for life. Héctor Cipriano Paredes Robles, a criminal lawyer in Peru, apparently believed the court was in recess and thought his camera was turned off.
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Two appeals by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator against the Upper Tribunal for Scotland’s decision to allow two companies to be entered on the register of charities has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. The respondents, New Lanark Hotels L
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David Whitehouse has given a searing account of his ordeal at the hands of Scottish prosecutors and police who subjected him and his colleague Paul Clark to what the authorities now admit was a malicious prosecution. It is a mortifying description of what citizens of rogue states around the world wo
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We live in turbulent times. Times we simply could not have imagined a few years ago. Some of this article is about all of us. Some of it is about lawyers. Some of it is about lawyers my age. And some of it is about me. I accept that in my case the Autumn Moon Lights My Way.
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David Whitehouse, who is understood to have been awarded £10 million from the Crown Office in an out-of-court settlement and millions more from Police Scotland in addition to legal costs, has criticised the current Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, for an apology sent to him that fails to detail
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One of the victims of Scotland's malicious prosecution scandal has described his ordeal at the hands of Scottish police and prosecutors. It is a shocking account that will horrify and appal many of our readers. David Whitehouse, whose promising career was derailed by his arrest and imprisonment, has
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Lord Uist has retired from the bench. Lord Uist was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in April 2006, having previously served as a temporary judge from July 2001.
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Five new partner promotions at Burness Paull signal the legal brand’s confidence in future growth after delivering a strong performance through 2020. The five are drawn from three of the firm’s strongest performing divisions.
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Trust between the UK and EU has been dented by the trade row last weekend over Covid vaccines. That same trust is going to be a key issue in how crime is investigated across borders post-Brexit, writes Sarah Munro. While 31 January 2020 was celebrated by many as the day Brexit was ‘done,&rsquo
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A working group considering a standalone offence of misogynistic behaviour is to begin its work this month. The independent working group, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, to consider the creation of a standalone offence to help tackle misogyny, will hold its inaugural meeting later this
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As part of its commitment to set a pathway towards a net-zero carbon future, UK law firm Shoosmiths has committed to setting science-based targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Shoosmiths has committed to set emissions reduction targets across the entire value chain that are c
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Whosoever offends an innocent person, pure and guiltless, his evil comes back on that fool himself like fine dust thrown against the wind.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of using a radio to give fake air control instructions to passenger jets and helicopters. Police in Berlin raided the home of a 32-year-old following multiple incidents of "dangerous interference in rail, ship and air traffic".
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A man has been refused permission to appeal against a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission that a firm of solicitors he instructed to wind up his deceased father’s estate had not failed to communicate effectively with him about the fact they had not received a death certificate
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Eric McQueen, chief executive of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), has written to bar associations in response to a letter raising concerns about the implementation of Covid-19 protections in court and tribunal buildings. We reproduce his letter in full below. Thank you for your lett
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