Europe

UK government plans mandatory divorce mediation

The country's Ministry of Justice believes that up to 19,000 currently active cases could be solved ...

ChatGPT banned by regulator in Italy over data breach

Italy's data protection regulator announced a ban on ChatGPT, and investigation into OpenAI. It cite...

Serial sperm donor who fathered 550 children sued for increasing incest risk

The civil case is being brought against blacklisted Jonathan Jacob Meijer to stop him from offering ...

Prince Harry and Elton John appear at High Court in Associated Newspapers hearing

Prince Harry, who is one of those suing Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail, was ...

Nigerian Senator, wife and medical 'middleman' found guilty of organ harvesting plot

The case marks the first time defendants have been convicted under UK's Modern Slavery Act of an org...

Russia opens criminal probe into ICC after Putin arrest warrant

The ICC on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully de...

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin over war crime allegations

The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, including the unlawful deportation of children f...

Three men tried to take their own lives over woman's rape lies, UK court hears

Eleanor Williams accused the men of attacking her and posted on Facebook in May 2020 that she was th...

UK: Barrister jailed for defrauding his own grandmother disbarred

Darren Craig Stapleford was found to have transferred approximately £11,000 from his grandmother’s b...

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...