Solicitor ‘stalked judge wife after she had a fling’: Lawyer is accused of hounding his estranged partner and threatening to reveal explicit emails to her boss, court hears Scott Ainge, 47, ‘stalked’ his wife Kate, 41, after she confessed to having an affair He branded her a ‘dirty little slut’ and abused his position as … Read more
Qualified lawyer, 41, fails in ‘unprecedented’ court bid to force his wealthy parents to keep financially supporting him after ‘nurturing his dependency on them’ for decades The man, who has mental health issues, said he was unemployed and vulnerable 41-year-old told family court his parents had ‘nurtured his dependency’ on them He claimed parents had ‘significantly … Read more
A lawyer sobbed as she was cleared of beating a bouncer over the head with her stiletto after a court found she was trying to protect herself and her boyfriend. Vahideh Hojatoleslami, 28, left Oluwakemi Tayo with blood dripping down his face after striking him with her heel at a Halloween party last October 27. But … Read more
Customers with refund credit notes for cancelled package holidays may have to find and pay for a solicitor before they can receive a cash refund if their provider goes bust, but without any assurance their refund will be successful, says Which? The UK consumer champion says it has learned of this situation following the collapse … Read more
Crooked solicitor and his colleague tried to sell three London homes they didn’t own in £3m scam – as pair are jailed for 12 years Hashok Parmar and Syed Gous Ali used the cover of a Loughborough law firm The pair used forged documents to attempt to carry out three sales in London However, other … Read more
A gun dealer appeared in court today after being charged with shooting his solicitor wife dead at their 17th-century country home. Peter Hartshorne-Jones, 51, was arrested after he allegedly called police to report that he had shot his wife, 41-year-old Silke, in the early hours of Sunday. Police found the corporate lawyer in a critical … Read more
A solicitor who was refused a job at a law firm because he was too old has won £13,000 compensation despite cracking a ‘joke’ about his Russian-speaking interviewer poisoning him with Novichok. Raymond Levy told senior lawyer Maria Udalova-Surkova: ‘I hope you are not going to poison me,’ before she interviewed him for a position … Read more