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Law Society of Scotland pays £10K to 'cybersquatter' for domain
13/06/2003
The Law Society of Scotland has climbed down on the eve of a court case to decide ownership of a domain it claimed was run by a cybersquatter.
Rather than go to court today - Friday 13th - the owner of Lawscot.co.uk, Tommy Butler, is instead in possession of a £10,000 cheque from the Society for the domain - just a year after it dismissed Mr Butler's offer of £500 as too expensive.
Because of Mr Butler's demand that the payment be free from any other obligations, we are free to report the sum and even have a scan of the cheque itself to show you.
Such freedom of reporting has not always been the case however. When Mr Butler finally found a lawyer in Scotland who was willing to represent him against its own society (every lawyer in Scotland by law has to be a member of the society), we were unable to give a full picture. We can report however that he felt obliged to fire the firm after - he alleges - they did not chase up leads and received a letter from the Society insisting that they not speak publicly about the matter.
Following Mr Butler's unsuccessful attempts to find another Scottish lawyer, he hired an English lawyer to represent him, who then hired a Scottish lawyer to act in court since only a Scottish lawyer is allowed to work in a Scottish court.
More details at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31184.html
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