Xmas collection for vulnerable families
The Faculty will be playing Santa again this year to vulnerable families in Fife.
The Faculty will be playing Santa again this year to vulnerable families in Fife.
Members of Faculty and guests have enjoyed a talk on international judicial dialogue from an expert in the field, the Court of Appeal’s Lady Justice Arden.
Four renowned figures from the law and the arts will explore the portrayal of law in fiction in the next in a series of events by JUSTICE Scotland, proudly hosted by the Faculty.
Medical law specialists David Stephenson, QC, and Lauren Sutherland, QC, are to feature at a conference which will look at medico-legal issues in orthopaedics.
Two leading QCs from the criminal Bar are among the speakers for the Glasgow Bar Association’s annual criminal conference.
An aim of sparing child and other vulnerable witnesses from having to appear in court has been supported by the Faculty as “logical and sensible”.
Planned new guidelines on the use of covert surveillance in Scotland fail to give sufficient protection to communications between lawyers and clients, the Faculty believes.
The Faculty has a new suite of consulting rooms in Glasgow, just a wig’s throw from the High Court.
The Faculty doubts the necessity for a general statutory restatement of the law on remedies for breach of contract.
Members of the Advocates’ Family Law Association (AFLA) will be passing on some expert knowledge at a conference in Glasgow.