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A retiring sheriff has described his time on the bench as “extremely rewarding” as he prepares to step down from Dundee Sheriff Court after almost a decade. Sheriff John Rafferty will preside over his final court this month, bringing to a close a legal career spanning private practice, a

A judge has shown little patience with a woman who joined an online court hearing while driving a car and then unsuccessfully tried to convince the judge she wasn't. Kimberly Carroll joined the Detroit court hearing via Zoom late and with her camera switched off, according to FOX 2.

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Three survivors of IRA bomb attacks in Great Britain have withdrawn a civil case brought former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adam in the English High Court.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

A group litigation claim has been launched in Scotland against the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on behalf of women who say they developed mesothelioma, ovarian, and other female reproductive system cancers. All the claimants either used the firm’s talc products which, it is alleg

A disabled man who alleged his local authority had breached the Equality Act 2010 by offering him a third-floor flat in the knowledge of his severe mobility issues has been refused permission to amend his pleadings to include an additional averment of disability discrimination after a sheriff found

A leading figure in rural law is the first lawyer in a century to be named president of the Scottish Agricultural Arbiters and Valuers Association (SAAVA). Andrew Linehan, a partner at Edinburgh-based firm Murray Beith Murray, was elected to the role at SAAVA’s AGM yesterday.

An English judge has rebuked a claimant who she found was being coached through a pair of smart glasses while giving evidence. Laimonas Jakštys was asked to remove the glasses during proceedings before an Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC) judge in the High Court in London.

Susie Lind, partner in the Edinburgh office of international law firm CMS, has been appointed as chair of Scottish Renewables. Ms Lind – who joined the law firm last November – succeeds Adam Morrison, the UK country manager for Ocean Winds, who served in the role from 2021.

AI’s rapid advance could transform – or even eclipse – core aspects of legal and dispute resolution work, warns John Sturrock KC. The founder of a site where AI models communicate with one another compared them to a “new species that is on planet Earth that is now smarter tha

As AI enters complaints handling, gains in speed and insight must be balanced against fairness, transparency and the human touch, writes Vicky Crichton. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how organisations interact with the people they serve. That’s certainly true in the world of com