Faculty calls for discount rate reform, to prevent injustice
Changes should be made to the way the personal injury discount rate is fixed, to avoid “real injustice”, the Faculty has suggested.
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Employment law conference on the move
A popular conference looking at issues in the world of employment law is this year leaving its traditional venue in Edinburgh and going on circuit to Glasgow.
QC named Lawyer of the Week
A senior member of Faculty has been chosen as Lawyer of the Week in the Law section of The Times Scotland.
Top of the quizzers
Straight in at No 1 are Siouxsie and the Banshees – no, it’s not a throwback to the era of punk, but a quizzing success for a Faculty-dominated team!
Dean’s Dinner celebrates all things Scottish
The Faculty was a proud host of the inaugural Dean’s Dinner, which brought together guests from across public life in a celebration of Scottish society.
QC joins sport arbitrators panel
The Faculty’s Roddy McIlvride, QC, has joined a nationwide group of around 130 lawyers and other professionals on being added to the arbitrators panel of a dispute resolution service for sport.
“Pocket guide” for Scottish lawmakers published by JUSTICE
The law reform and human rights body, JUSTICE, has published a guide to Scots law which it hopes will become a fixture in the offices of MSPs and their staff.
No escaping some things…
You might be able to escape the Scottish weather by travelling thousands of miles around the globe, but, as the Faculty’s Bill Frain-Bell discovered, other reminders of home are more difficult to shake off.
Proud day at the Palace for MiniTrials founder
Lord Kinclaven, the founder of the Faculty’s MiniTrials, has received an OBE at an investiture ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
Important distinction missing in abuse Bill, Faculty says
Concern has been raised by the Faculty about a key element of plans to outlaw psychological domestic abuse.