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A wedding photographer who allegedly had sex with one of the wedding guests and then urinated outside the venue has been arrested. Katherine Mehta, 26, has been charged with obstruction and public intoxication after the photography gig went drastically wrong.

A common law case brought by a woman who claims to have suffered “loss, injury and damage” as a result of medical treatment involving a vaginal mesh product will proceed to a full hearing despite the manufacturer’s attempts to have the action dismissed. A judge in the Court of Sess

DWF Scotland's head of general insurance Andrew Lothian has been appointed as the Scottish regional representative of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), succeeding Elena Fry, partner at Brodies LLP. FOIL provides a forum for the exchange of information between lawyers acting for insurance c

Cloch Solicitors has partially succeeded in its application to trademark the phrase "legal engineer" at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), which threw out the application in five areas but allowed it to proceed in five more, The Herald reports. The firm applied to register the trade mark i

A new Scottish government drugs strategy focuses on treating the problem as a public health issue instead of a criminal justice one. Public health minister Joe FitzPatrick said he combined the drug and alcohol misuse strategies because of their common solutions.

A report has called on ministers to increase the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 16 and to establish a youth justice system for offenders up to the age of 21. Commissioned by the charity Action for Children as well as Bruce Adamson, the children and young people's commissioner, the Kil

The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC has welcomed the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland report on the prosecution of young people and has instructed work in response to its recommendations. Mr Wolffe said: “Earlier this year I commissioned the Inspectorate of Prosecution to revie

Uncertainty over Brexit is "jangling nerves" for Irish law firms, according to a new report by professional services firm Smith & Williamson. The 2018 Smith & Williamson Irish Law Firm Survey shows that most Irish law firms anticipate a strong year ahead, with revenues and profits continuing

The Scottish Borders courthouse is to reopen at the weekend, after a £430,000 restoration. Built in 1803 as the Sheriff Court, it is where Sir Walter Scott dispensed justice to the people of Selkirkshire.

In the first of a two-part series, Glasgow law student Poppy Mulligan reflects on how studying abroad in the US inspired her and widened her horizons. Poppy studied for the LLB at Glasgow University (2013-2017) and for an LLM at Cornell University (2017-2018). In July this year, she passed the

The judgment in yesterday's edition of SLN mistakenly included quotations from lawyers at Clan Childlaw. These were, in fact, meant in respect of another case. We apologise for this error and any inconvenience caused.

An Irish football club has apologised after it falsely reported the death of one of its players in order to postpone a match. Dublin club Ballybrack FC told the Leinster Senior League that Fernando Nuno La-Fuente had been killed in a road traffic accident, when he had in fact returned to his native

A decision that a boy was not a “relevant person” for the purposes of attending a children’s hearing concerning his baby half-sister did not breach the older child’s human rights, appeal judges have ruled. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a sheriff&rsq

New rules have been published which aim to enhance access to justice by preventing court actions relating to the environment being “prohibitively expensive” to members of the public. Following a request from the Scottish government, in September 2015 the Scottish Civil Justice Council (S

The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a thematic report on the prosecution of young people. The inspection tracked the journey of 95 young offenders reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) who fell into three categories – under 16 years, 16/