Deadline extended for scholarship applications
The Faculty has announced an extension to the deadline for applications for scholarships by those hoping to start devilling in the autumn of 2019, the cut-off now being 5pm on Friday, 21 September.
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Book festival slot for QC
Fact will meet fiction, when Denise Mina and Brian McConnachie, QC, chat at this year’s Blairgowrie, Rattray and The Glens’ book festival, BOOKMARK.
QCs to feature in vulnerable witnesses debate
Two leading lights of the criminal Bar, Derek Ogg and Thomas Ross, will help ensure all angles are covered in a debate about vulnerable witnesses.
Counsel appointed summary sheriff
The Faculty’s Paul Brown is among six appointments as summary sheriffs, announced by the Judicial Office for Scotland.
Reform on periodical payments orders welcomed as ‘long overdue’
Proposed legislation to give Scottish courts the power to order damages awards to be paid periodically has been hailed by the Faculty as a “long overdue reform”.