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A sheriff has ruled stricter checks on motorists would not have stopped the death of a cyclist who was hit bit a 93-year old woman. In an incident in the Highlands in 2011, Elaine Dunne, 30, was struck by Alice Ross, now 96, who is suspected of having blacked out while driving.

A High Court judge is to be asked whether the families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing can launch an appeal to get the conviction of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi overturned. Mr al-Megrahi was the only person convicted over the bombing of a Pan Am plane that killed 270 people as it flew over the so

Trainee solicitor John Morgan (pictured) discusses his experiences in his banking seat. Any time I meet up with friends, I’m always met with the sympathetic look and tilt of the head as they ask: “So, how are you coping in banking?”

A five-year-old has been handed an invoice and his parents threatened with court action - for missing his friend's birthday party. According to the local Plymouth Herald newspaper, Derek Nash and his partner discovered the £15.95 "no show fee" invoice after it was slipped into their son Alex's scho

A newly-named body has been established for advocates who specialise in criminal law – the Scottish Criminal Bar Association. The title has been changed from the Faculty of Advocates’ Criminal Bar Association (FACBA), and Thomas Ross has been chosen as president.

A NASCAR driver known as “The Outlaw” has testified in a court that his girlfriend who is seeking a no-contact order against him is a trained assassin. Kurt Busch, 36, said his former girlfriend Patricia Driscoll was a secret agent who had operated in South America and Africa.

A former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found himself in court after he robbed a Manhattan bank in the service of “art”. Joseph Gibbons, 61, a filmmaker and artist was charged on Friday with robbery after he allegedly stole $1,000 from a bank in Chinatown.

International law firm Kennedys has opened in Scotland with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, giving it a presence in all jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland. The firm has recruited two Scottish solicitors: Frank Gill (pictured) and Rory Jackson.

A man has avoided jail by using his trainers as bail bond in lieu of money. Judge Douglas Stoddart at a district court in Massachusetts accepted the deposit after he offered Jason Duval, who was charged with drug offences, the opportunity to “be creative”.

A sheriff has determined that the death of an elderly care home resident who choked on a steak pie after being given the wrong evening meal could have been avoided if the plates on which meals for particular diets were served had been more clearly delineated, such as by labelling or the use of colou

A falconer is flying high after leading the charge to change the law in order to preserve an ancient practice of falconry in Scotland. Barry Blyther, who runs Elite Falconry in Kirkcaldy, petitioned the Scottish Parliament to retain the rights of falconers to practice upland falconry in Scotland &nd

Three survivors of IRA bomb attacks in Great Britain have withdrawn a civil case brought former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adam in the English High Court. John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock were suing Mr Adams in the High Court on the basis of his alleged affiliation with and leader

Campaigners for a public inquiry into the 1994 RAF Chinook disaster have criticised the UK government for "letting yet another relative die without answers" following the death of what is believed to be the last surviving parent of a victim. John Dockerty, whose eldest son Major Christopher Dockerty

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against a conviction for attempted murder using a vehicle on the basis of the lack of availability of the complainer to give evidence after finding that a deliberate decision was taken at the time by the defence not to seek to lead his evidence. Kas

International media lawyer Paul Tweed has reached a settlement with an author who made false and defamatory allegations about him in a book and on social media. An apology from Dr Andreas Krieg was read out in Northern Ireland's High Court yesterday, concluding legal proceedings which began in Febru