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A defendant who made the mistake of addressing a judge as "mate" was escorted back to the cells for his disrespect. Sebastian Stroud, 35, gave a casual response when Judge Simon Cooper asked how he was going to pay a backlog of fines.

Sainsbury's has come into conflict with the Fairtrade Foundation over plans to launch its own brand of "ethical" tea. The supermarket, which is the world's largest retailer of Fairtrade products, has announced a pilot project called Fairly Traded.

A hotel is facing a lawsuit after a patron at its bar got so drunk that he fell off his stool. David Waugaman, 57, is seeking thousands in damages after he took a tumble following four hours of drinking.

A US law enforcement agency is removing a Bible verse from its patrol vehicles after complaints from secular groups. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office has proudly displayed Matthew 5:9 on its vehicles since a makeover in March.

A man is suing a woman for the cost of a cinema ticket because she texted during a date. Brandon Vezmar, 37, said the woman left the screening after he complained about her phone use.

An hotelier in India has expressed exasperation over the closure of his property amid false allegations he was serving beef. Forensic tests on meat served at the Hayat Rabbani hotel in the state of Rajasthan indicated it was, in fact, chicken, the Hindustan Times reports.

A lawyer who was sanctioned for objecting 600 times during a routine deposition had less to say when confronted by reporters. Amatuallah Booth, a senior assistant corporation counsel, for New York City’s Law Department, was reticent when approached by New York Post reporters about her bizarre beha

The law has caught up with a lawyer who supplied his own blood for testing instead of his client's over a decade ago. On June 7, 2006, a client of former solicitor Alex Ardalich, 66, was stopped for a breath test. He tested positive and was found to be more than double the legal limit after a second

An art dealer who left a £1.3 million 'spacialist' masterpiece in the boot of Parisian taxi has filed a complaint for theft after forgetting the picture. The dealer, who was not named by police, was on his way to meet an art collector in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.

A French photographer has launched an exhibition highlighting ‘Gingerism’, the abuse and prejudice suffered by red-heads. Red-haired snapper Pascal Sacleux has produced a mosaic of stunning portraits of 30 fellow gingers to stress that endless jokes about red hair are no laughing matter and lead

TV presenter Noel Edmonds is seeking £70 million in compensation from Lloyds Banking Group over the HBOS fraud scandal. Mr Edmonds' former business Unique is one of those caught up in the scam that took place at HBOS's division in Reading from 2003-07.

A senior Indian judge who ordered the arrest of the Chief Justice of India and seven Supreme Court judges has been jailed for contempt. The arrest of Justice Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan of the Kolkata High Court marks the first time that a High Court judge has been jailed for contempt in India, B

A Dutch animal rights campaigner whose Swiss citizenship application was twice refused because of her "big mouth" and vocal opposition to Switzerland's iconic cowbells has finally won her battle for naturalisation. Nancy Holten, 43, was born in the Netherlands but has lived in Switzerland since she

A young Spanish woman who sued her parents after they refused to continue supporting her financially is lazy, a judge has ruled. The unnamed 23-year-old went to the provincial court of Cantabria in Castro Urdiales to complain that her parents had refused to continue providing her with food and shelt

Costumed gladiators can return to major tourist spots in Rome after winning a legal battle against local authorities, The Local reports. Rome authorities had banned the performers on the basis they overcharge tourists, and in some cases have allegedly pick-pocketed them.