Professor Gillian Black

Family life is generally regarded as a private matter for the family members. This gives rise to a troubling tension at the heart of family law: how should the state respect the privacy of the family while protecting vulnerable family members? By examining specific areas of family law – including the legal regulation of divorce, sexual intimacy, domestic abuse, and the family courts – she will assess how the law currently strikes this balance, and ask: does it get it right?

Gillian Black is professor of Scots private law at the University of Edinburgh, a commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission, and Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary in the Court of the Lord Lyon.

This event will be followed by a reception at the Playfair Library. This event is free and open to all but registration is required.