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Roy Moore, 71, a former candidate for the US Senate, is suing the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation after he was the victim of a prank. In a sketch for the show Who Is America?, Mr Baron Cohen pretended he was an Israeli anti-terror expert demonstrating how to use a "paedophile detector".

Police have arrested a man who stole a hearse with a body inside. Forty-year-old Annibal Saúl N admitted to stealing the hearse after discovering the vehicle along with the keys.

Lawyers exasperated with much-vaunted legislation's inability to resolve gaps in the Land Register and its rules on rejections have established a new group to address the issue as "no one seems to be listening" – amid a warning that completion of the cadastral map will "never happen" as the la

Brodies LLP has announced today that it has secured premises in one of Edinburgh’s premier new office developments. The firm will occupy the top three floors (five, six and seven) of the new Capital Square office complex, which is being constructed by BAM, in partnership with Hermes Inves

John Scott QC reflects on his time as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. As the advert has now appeared for the next solicitor member of the Scottish Sentencing Council, I thought that it might be useful for colleagues to hear a little about the work of the Council in the last three y

Hindles, a UK firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in Edinburgh, has opened a new office in Liverpool. The office is headed by director Dr Robert Gregory, who has many years’ experience of working with clients in the region.

A cheesemaker is demanding £400,000 in compensation from a council after it lost a court battle against him over the safety of his produce, The Herald reports. Humphrey Errington, 74, can sell his cheese again after succeeding in a legal case against South Lanarkshire Council, which wanted it

Solicitors and non-solicitors have the opportunity to get involved with the work of the Law Society of Scotland, influencing decisions affecting the Scottish legal profession and helping to shape the law. There are currently vacancies on 30 of the Law Society’s diverse range of committees and

A report has found that Police Scotland was justified in using PAVA irritant spray to subdue a man whom officers were trying to detain during a drugs search and to prevent him from escaping. The 32-year-old man had struggled violently with officers trying to detain him prior to the spray being

Two top advocates will help ensure all angles are covered in a debate about vulnerable witnesses. Derek Ogg QC and Thomas Ross QC are among the speakers at the Dean’s Debate, Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, which will examine the limitation of powers to cross-examine vulnera

Plans to switch more criminal trials to video links will destroy local justice and confidence in the legal system, a leaked response from magistrates to the senior judiciary has revealed. Magistrates in Kent have detailed their concerns over UK government proposals to close courts and make greater u

A fishmonger has been closed for sticking fake eyes on fish to make them appear fresher.