Faculty

Dean of Faculty Roddy Dunlop KC reminds us that there is a presumption of innocence – for now. The age of social media has brought many benefits. Members of the public are able to engage with a number of issues – from the banal to the fundamental – in a way that was not previously

A 'special case' between the Faculty of Advocates and the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland over qualifications for shrieval office is to be heard next week at the Court of Session. The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 requires anyone applying for shrieval office to have been “legally

A group of advocates have returned from an intensive 'train the trainers' conference held in the Drakensberg in South Africa. The five-day advocacy training conference aimed to develop new skills among those responsible for training aspiring advocates.

The Tumbling Lassie’s annual fund-raising ball, held in Edinburgh last month, raised over £20,000 for anti-trafficking charities. The event was organised by the Faculty of Advocates’ Tumbling Lassie Committee to raise funds for IJM (International Justice Mission) and SOHTIS (Surviv

The Faculty of Advocates’ fictional member is back in time for Christmas this year in Edward Kane, Advocate in The Hanged Man. Created by Ross Macfarlane KC in 2019, the popular series continues in The Scotsman every weekday from today until Christmas Eve.

This year’s Faculty Christmas Collection, which raises funds for vulnerable families in Fife, is now open for donations. It was founded and has been run for the past nine years by Maria Maguire KC. “We are still going strong,” she said. “The money we raise is really making a

It's that time of year when Santa Claus finds himself facing the full force of the law. The case of ‘The Elvish Advocate v Santa Claus’ will see the International Christmas Court being convened in the Laigh Hall at Parliament House to address various allegations of festive wrongdoing.

The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates have jointly intervened in relation to an important principle in Scottish criminal law that is central to a Supreme Court case. Three days of hearings were conducted in the Supreme Court between 21 and 23 of October, challenging two sexual off

The closing date for entries for the Faculty of Advocates’ Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award 2024 has been extended to the end of September.

Scotland's leading crime-writing festival returns to Stirling this year with support from the Faculty of Advocates. Bloody Scotland established itself as the leading Scottish International Crime Writing Festival in 2012 with acclaimed writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray at the helm, then joined by Cr

The Faculty of Advocates has launched a new award to recognise human rights lawyers and defenders who uphold human rights and the rule of law worldwide. The 2023 Rule of Law Index revealed that more than six billion people live in countries where the rule of law weakened between 2022 and 2023. Funda

Twenty new members were admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in calling ceremonies held last week.

The Faculty of Advocates Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU) will host a free event next month aimed at progressing the work being done to promote pro bono and extend access to justice. At the event the keeper of the Advocates Library and convenor of the FLSU, Neil Mackenzie KC, will deliver a presentat

Bruce Langlands has been appointed as the next director of training and education at the Faculty of Advocates and will take up his new post in July this year. “It is part of the collegiate nature of Faculty that we all seek to help one another,” said Mr Langlands. “My main aim in t

Advocate Jane Rattray, a member of Westwater Advocates, has passed away. “Jane called to the bar in 2015, following many years as a solicitor, and specialised in family law. In recent years her professional life has been focused on her role as counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. She w