Tumbling Lassie

The Tumbling Lassie committee is delighted to welcome you to an evening talk with Richard Blake, on the life of John Grant, who was the chief justice of Jamaica from 1783 to 1790. Grant was born in Invernesshire. He travelled as a young teenager to Nova Scotia, and then on to Jamaica. His manuscript

Sheriff Maryam Labaki has taken over as chair of the Faculty of Advocates' Tumbling Lassie Appeal, which has raised over £100,000 since its inception less than a decade ago. Alan McLean KC, who is stepping down as chair, said: "The Tumbling Lassie Appeal has been, from the outset, a team effor

Over £20,000 was raised for anti-trafficking charities at the Tumbling Lassie Ball this year. The ball is organised by the Tumbling Lassie Appeal which is run by members of the Faculty of Advocates to raise funds for IJM (International Justice Mission) and SOHTIS (Survivors of Human Traffickin

The silent auction lots for the Tumbling Lassie Ball have gone live and everyone is welcome to bid – whether they are attending the ball or not. Prizes this year include a course of HydraFacials with Dr Nestor, a 1920s Speakeasy experience, a burger party for six at the Champanay Inn and more.

July 2023 saw the publication of a new historical study touching on the relationship between Scotland and slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in the form of Richard Blake's Sugar, Slaves and High Society - The Grants of Kilgraston, 1750-1860. A beautifully and extensively illustrated

One of the most prestigious fundraisers in the Scottish events calendar returns this October.   Now in its fifth year, The Tumbling Lassie Ball 2023, the largest anti-trafficking fundraising event in Scotland, will return on Saturday 28 October 2023. This year's theme is black and gold mas

Faculty’s Tumbling Lassie Committee are delighted to announce their first post-Covid educational and social event, a seminar and reception at which a key note address will be delivered by the Solicitor General for Scotland, Ruth Charteris KC.

Thursday 15 December 2022 4.30pm at the Mackenzie Building, High Street, Edinburgh – registration opens at 4pm

A double-bill of short operettas by composer Tom Cunningham and writer Alexander McCall Smith will be performed in Edinburgh in April. All proceeds will go to charities supported by the Tumbling Lassie appeal that help survivors of modern slavery and people trafficking. Dandie Dinmont is the story o

A newly-published author is helping to write a fresh chapter in the story of the Tumbling Lassie, and boosting her fundraising appeal. Stephen O’Rourke QC, has pledged one third of royalties from his début novel, a historical thriller called The Crown Agent, to the appeal.

The fourth season of activities organised by the Tumbling Lassie Committee drew to a close with the holding of the fourth Tumbling Lassie Ball at the Stables, Prestonfield House.

The last day to buy tickets for the Tumbling Lassie Ball is Thursday 26 September 2019.

Last Friday a gathering was held in the Advocates' Library to thank some of the core supporters of the Tumbling Lassie appeal for their help over the years since 2015 when the appeal began.

One of the most prestigious events in the Scottish legal calendar returns this October. The Tumbling Lassie Ball 2019, the largest anti-trafficking fundraising event in Scotland, is a black tie charity ball sponsored by the Faculty of Advocates.

The Tumbling Lassie Seminar returns this year to consider two more very important aspects of tackling the injustices of human trafficking and exploitation in Scotland and beyond. The tumbling lassie was forced to give her labour and liberty to an exploitative master – and those ugly situations