SCBA supports addiction charity
Defence counsel are used to helping disadvantaged people who find themselves in the dock, and now they have extended their support beyond the courtroom.
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Lord McCluskey
The Dean of Faculty, Gordon Jackson, QC, paid tribute to Lord McCluskey, the former Solicitor-General for Scotland and Supreme Courts judge who has died, aged 88.
QC becomes FCIArb
Senior counsel Calum MacNeill, QC, has been accepted as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the international centre of excellence which has more than 15,000 members across 133 countries.
Tradition of Faculty calling ceremony captured on camera
Tradition was given a modern twist as five new members were welcomed to the Faculty.
FLSU and counsel thanked by delighted mum
An advocate who worked pro bono to help a mother win £23,000 compensation has been hailed “an absolute legend” by the delighted client.
Six appointed by SCLR
Six new reporters have been appointed by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting, publishers of Session Cases, the most authoritative Scottish law reports.
Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers’ Association Launched
Some of Scotland's leading legal figures have joined together to support the launch of a new body which aims to 'open doors' for the country's young ethnic minority lawyers.
Library visit for law commission VIPs
VIPs from law commissions in the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands were given a conducted tour of the Advocates Library as part of the itinerary of their annual conference.
Rashda Rana, SC, gives lecture to Faculty
Scotland has the chance to use a prestigious conference in Edinburgh to firmly establish the country as a seat of international arbitration, according to a leading world figure in alternative dispute resolution.
Recognised for “helping people escape persecution”
Immigration and asylum law specialist, Stephen Winter, Advocate, has been given the accolade of Lawyer of the Week in the Law Section of The Times Scotland.