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A police force which uses local mugshots in a parody version of US game show Wheel of Fortune is facing legal action from a disgruntled winner. In the weekly "Wheel of Fugitive" video posted on social media by the force in Florida's Brevard County, the local sheriff spins a wheel with photos of what

Dallas McMillan has announced that Richard Andrew has been made a partner. He heads the firm’s residential property team and has been with Dallas McMillan since June 2021. Managing partner, David McElroy, said: “We are delighted to welcome Richard to the Partnership. Under his leadership

On Thursday 26 January, Clyde & Co hosted more than 230 clients and colleagues at its annual Burns Night supper held in the Merchant Taylors' Hall, London.

Donald Trump has been fined almost $1 million by a judge in Florida for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hilary Clinton and others in which he claimed they conspired to damage his reputation as part of the Russia investigation. Judge David Middlebrooks said in his judgment that Trump was "a prolif

Three former lawyers and two other men who masterminded a £1.48 million bank and property money-laundering operation have been jailed for a total of 30 years and four months. Solicitors Iain Robertson, Alastair Blackwood and David Lyons along with Mohammed Aziz and Robert Ferguson, were handed

One of the parties charged with, but later acquitted of, fraud in connection with an allegedly fraudulent scheme to acquire Rangers Football Club in 2011 has lost a reclaiming motion challenging the decision of the Lord Ordinary to refuse claims for damages against the Lord Advocate and the Chief Co

Addleshaw Goddard has announced partner Alan Shanks as its new head of Scotland. Mr Shanks, who currently heads the firm's finance & projects team north of the border with a focus on the transactions in the energy sector, takes over leadership of Addleshaw Goddard's Scottish operations from fell

A Nigerian national who had a deportation order made against him after being convicted of offences of dishonesty, including fraud, has won an appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales against the Upper Tribunal’s dismissal of his case. Appellant AEB argued that the UT had misdirected

A judge in the English Court of Protection has ruled that the parents of a student who died from a stroke could not remove and store his sperm for the purpose of later conceiving a grandchild after an urgent hearing was convened to decide the matter. At the time of the hearing the relevant person, X

Scotland's malicious prosecution scandal has cost taxpayers just over £50 million, the Crown Office has said. The scandal revolves around the botched police investigation into the takeover of Rangers in 2011, when Sir David Murray sold the club for £1 to Craig Whyte.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Egypt: Al-Sisi pardons human rights lawyer, politician Zyad El-Elaimy after three years in prison | Daily News Egypt

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is urging individuals to sign up to attend its renewables conference in Glasgow on Thursday 10 November. The firm recently announced the line-up of speakers for the event which includes Karen Anne Hutton, head of repowering and life extension (UK&I) at

Arnot Manderson Advocates is delighted to report the remarkable achievement of twenty eight individual rankings (including nine in Band 1) across fifteen wide ranging Practice Areas in the recently announced Chambers and Partners listings. As well as the haul of individual rankings Arnot Manderson

Dallas McMillan Solicitors in Glasgow has recently taken on a sixth trainee, Abbey Freer. Ms Freer joins fellow trainees Katie Deans, Emma Kelly, Martin Clement, Shona Christie and Sorcha Hill. Managing partner David McElroy said: “We are delighted to welcome Abbey to the team. This is the fir

The UK Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by HM Revenue and Customs against a decision of the Court of Session to allow for the recovery of historic input VAT by the NHS Lothian Health Board for private work undertaken between 1974 and 1997. NHS Lothian claimed unrecovered input tax in respect of p