Europe
UK: Magistrates' sentencing powers scaled back
Powers had been doubled less than a year ago to tackle backlog in courts and cut prison overcrowding...
UK: Solicitor struck off after investing client money into scam scheme
Uyiosasere Ona Obaseki transferred £230,000 from the firm’s client account into her own personal acc...
UK: ChatGPT fails solicitor’s conveyancing test
"It is clear to see how ChatGPT could be disruptive for many sectors, including the legal sector” bu...
UK Home Office monitoring activities of immigration lawyers', says minister
Immigration advisers who are not qualified lawyers must be approved and regulated by the Office of I...
Turkey’s top bar association files complaint against contractors, gov’t officials for ‘murder’ after earthquake
In the complaint, the Bar Association demanded that the suspects be prosecuted on charges of “murder...
UK: Solicitor struck off for practising without firm’s knowledge
Scroggs had been working as a self-employed consultant for Bristol firm Neath Raisbeck Golding Law L...
UK: Solicitor of 50 years banned after 743 cheques found stashed away
The UK Solicitors Regulation Authority, said Ian Wilson was either aware of the practice of hording ...
UK: Divorce lawyer who ghosted client and held onto £132,000 struck off
The UK Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard that Analiza Kjaer, was reported by her client followi...
UK police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 48, admitted last month he was a serial rapist in what pr...
Manchester City charged by Premier League over several alleged breaches of financial rules
The alleged breaches span a period across a number of seasons and relate to several areas of financi...
UK: Solicitor struck off for impersonating friend to secure NHS prescriptions
Janine Wilkinson pleaded guilty in 2021 to one charge of fraud by false representation and was sente...
Mason Greenwood: Manchester United forward has all charges against him dropped
The 21-year-old forward faced one count of attempted rape, one count of controlling and coercive beh...
UK: Judge warned over drinking during a hearing break
Evidence indicated the judge had consumed alcohol in her chambers and as a result the hearing could ...
Justin Bieber sells rights to songs for $200m
The firm now owns the pop star's stake in some of the biggest hits of recent years, including Baby a...
UK: Paralegal faces prison sentence for passing sensitive data to criminals
Rachel Simpson, 39, pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to two counts of misconduct in public offi...
UK law will recognise children born from rape as 'victims of crime' for first time
England and Wales will be among the first countries in the world to give victim status to those conc...
16 bizarre laws in England and Scotland
In London it is unlawful to slide on ice or shake dust off your carpet in the street It is illegal...
Crypto founder charged with $700m financial crimes
The US Department of Justice charged Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national living in China, with ru...
Hong Kong activist's London lawyers receive rape and death threats
Lai, 75, who is a British citizen, has been in jail since 2020 and faces a trial on national securit...
Charity to appeal against UK ruling on Rwanda asylum
Asylum Aid will argue that the court "erred" in its ruling in December that the scheme was lawful an...
Museveni urges overseas travel ban for MPs
He made the remarks while commissioning facilities at Uganda Petroleum Institute-Kigumba (UPIK) wher...
Burkina Faso unrest: Suspected jihadists abduct 50 women
Residents in Arbinda said two groups of women were taken as they were out gathering leaves and wild ...
Ex-Premier League star jailed over £8m fraud
Ex-Charlton Athletic player Richard Rufus was found guilty of fraud, money laundering and carrying o...
Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape
The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will ...
UK: Junior solicitor sues former firm for hacking ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages
The unnamed solicitor had lost an employment tribunal claim for sexual harassment and unfair dismiss...
