Whitestone Solicitors, Rochdale, News

16/10/25

A serving prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 13-year-old Lindsay Jo Rimer, who was killed more than 30 years ago.

Lindsay, from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, disappeared on the evening of November 7, 1994, after going out to buy a box of cornflakes. Her body was discovered five months later in the Rochdale Canal, but her killer has never been identified.

25/09/25

More than 1,600 couples applied for so-called "deathbed marriages" over the past year, with many seeking to avoid hefty inheritance tax bills, new figures reveal. According to the General Register Office, 1,612 short-notice marriage applications were...

28/08/25

A lift engineer who stole luxury watches and jewellery worth more than £103,000 from a £7 million Belgravia mansion has avoided jail.

Jacques Woods, 25, was part of a team servicing the 8,000 sq ft property in West Eaton Place — complete with a high-speed modern lift — on 28 June 2021 when he pocketed two designer watches and a Cartier ring.

28/07/25

Tom Hayes, the former Libor trader whose 2015 fraud conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court yesterday, is considering suing for compensation. Hayes, who served five and a half years in prison, said he would seek legal advice on potential civil claims, which could target his former employers, UBS and Citigroup.

"Whether I have any civil claims is yet to be determined," Hayes said. "I'm not ruling it out, but I don't yet have enough information. In the U.S., most people whose convictions were overturned went on to sue their former banks and reached settlements."

19/06/25

A woman who claimed she slipped on a rogue chocolate truffle while leaving a fine-dining restaurant has lost her £100,000 damages claim.

Rosina Malik, 62, said she twisted her ankle and broke her wrist after stepping on a caramel-filled truffle dropped by a waiter at Chapter One in Farnborough Common, Kent. The incident occurred as she stood to adjust her dress at the end of a three-course meal with friends.