Shamed solicitor faces jail for taking from pensioner’s will

By Michael MacLeod A DISGRACED former lawyer who took almost half-a-million pounds from a dead pensioner’s will used the cash to pay off his own debts. Michael Karus, 48, embezzled £413,052.81 while acting as the executor of the estate of the late Edith Hampton, who died aged 89 in 2003. It emerged yesterday in court that he used the former teacher’s cash to settle debts in his own law and property firms and even paid off a personal credit card debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 17:11:34

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The Colosimo 5

Based on the criminal dockets of our five clergy, who are by now certainly hoping to be forgiven for their trespasses, ... Criminal Conspiracy to engage in Defiant Trespass, Third Degree Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct, Third ... of law, but is Colosimo really enough of a bad guy to defecate on his property rights in such a manner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:00:38

Lessons from Flight 1549

The story of the Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549 took off on television, new sites, Twitter, Flickr and blogs almost instantly ... property in today’s news arena. The other side to today’s Twitter storm was the law firms that were link [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:15:42

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