Stair portfolio for counsel
A member of Faculty, Jacqueline Fordyce, is to be contributing editor for a portfolio of titles for The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia.
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New Lady Dorrian portrait announced at Faculty event
A third portrait of a woman, Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, is to take its place among the legal luminaries adorning the walls of Parliament Hall.
New QCs announced
Eight members of Faculty have been awarded Silk - Isla Davie, C Euan Duthie, Matt Jackson, Neil Mackenzie, Fred Mackintosh, Michael Meehan, Claire Mitchell and Astrid Smart.
Counsel named for ‘exciting and daunting’ Stair project
The Faculty’s Usman Tariq has been chosen to be a contributing editor of The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia.
QCs to lead university reviews
Two senior members of Faculty are to lead independent reviews for universities which employed an academic who has been convicted of sexual offences.
Busy schedule for Tumbling Lassie before she goes to the Ball
Final preparations are being made for next month’s Tumbling Lassie Ball, but she has three other engagements before the big night.
Sentencing guideline ‘benefit to public’, says Faculty
A draft guideline on sentencing has been hailed by the Faculty as “concise and easy to understand” and a benefit to the public.
LA returns to Faculty for Proceeds of Crime Conference
The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe, QC, will be on familiar territory when he gives the keynote address at the 2019 Proceeds of Crime Conference, hosted by the Faculty.
Joining forces at agricultural law event
Experts in agricultural law from both branches of the legal profession are being brought together in a special collaboration between the Faculty and the Law Society of Scotland.
New sheriffs appointed
Two members of Faculty, Jillian Martin-Brown and Fergus Thomson, have been appointed as sheriffs.