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An Australian rapper called '2pec' ran up a £360 bill in a seafood restaurant, before diving into the sea and swimming off to avoid paying, a Queensland court has heard. Police gave chase on jetskis and apprehended the man.

According to Advocate General Wahl, agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable for agreements, decisions or concerted practices contrary to EU law, in particular where concertation on prices or on the quantities placed on the market and exchanges of information occ

The European Union should do more to increase access to justice for victims of rights abuses by businesses, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said. The agency, in an opinion requested by the European Council, has made a series of recommendations on issues including legal aid and cross-b

A detainee who sought judicial review of the legality of a comprehensive ban on smoking at the State Hospital at Carstairs has had his appeal unanimously allowed by justices in the Supreme Court to the extent that the part of the impugned decision, which relates to the prohibition from possession of

A Ugandan activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has been charged with cyber harassment over a Facebook post in which she referred to President Yoweri Museveni as "a pair of buttocks", a reference which her official charge sheet has described as "obscene or indecent". Unexpectedly, there is no mention in the o

Jennifer Taylor Jennifer Taylor casts light on a new additional nil rate band.

Anne Véronique Schläpfer Global law firm White & Case LLP has published new research which reveals that arbitral institutions are accommodating an increased wish by parties for expedited proceedings and are more readily appointing women arbitrators.

James Thornton A charity comprising environmentalist lawyers has challenged the UK government over its "continuing delay" in publishing a new emissions reduction plan and warned it will have "no option but to consider legal action" if delays persist.

Charles Campbell A firm of solicitors in Dunfermline whose office suffered an arson attack last year is to move after a planning application was approved.

Newspapers that challenged orders for costs made following trial have had their appeals unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court. Lord Neuberger gave the lead judgment, with which Lord Mance, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes and Lord Hodge agreed.

The 16th International Law Student Mediation Tournament took place at Strathclyde University from 5-8 April, bringing together 126 students in 42 teams from 15 countries. The annual event, started by the International Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR) in 2002, aims to train law students in the

Jeremy Hunt The tobacco industry has exhausted legal avenues to overturn plain packaging laws after being refused permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court, The Guardian reports.

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The Law Society of Scotland is now accepting nominations for Council members to represent solicitors in the following areas:

Bruce Craig The anchor handling vessel Bourbon Dolphin capsized off the coast of Shetland 10 years ago this week (12 April 2007) while anchoring a semi-submersible drilling rig which had been contracted to drill three test wells in the Rosebank Field. Eight of the 15 people on board died, including