Giving teeth to a Bill to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) will require a lot of work and money, one of Scotland’s leading experts in family law has suggested.
Keen runner Malcolm McGregor is going the extra mile to help the Faculty’s Christmas appeal on behalf of vulnerable families.
Leaving the EU should make no difference to devolved regulation of the professions in the UK, the Faculty believes.
An updated volume of the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, edited by a member of Faculty, Dominic Scullion, has been published.
It’s Pro Bono Week, a salute to lawyers across the UK, like our own Free Legal Services Unit, who are unstinting and selfless in their drive to open access to justice.
A lifetime achievement award is to be presented to Ian Forrester, QC, the former Judge of the General Court of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Concerns have been raised by the Faculty about a safety omission in plans for automated vehicles on motorways.
A new Advocate member, Matt Jackson, QC, has been appointed to the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Scotland will be represented by the Faculty’s Mungo Bovey, QC, at the online official launch of the 19th UK Pro Bono Week.
The next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is to be Lord Wallace of Tankerness, QC.