News and Responses

Terrorism theme for this year’s Macfadyen Lecture

The seventh Macfadyen Lecture staged by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting will be given by Sir Anthony Campbell on the subject of “Terrorism and the Rule of Law”.

Brexit White Paper is published

The UK Government has published its Brexit plans in a White Paper, The United Kingdom’s exit from, and new partnership with, the European Union.

QC’s article on landmark case published by international journal

The landmark judgment by the Supreme Court on informed consent to medical treatment has been explored in an article by the Faculty’s Andrew Smith, QC, in the prestigious BJOG International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Dean of Faculty comments on legal aid review

The Scottish Government has announced a review of legal aid and the setting up of an expert advisory group which includes two members of Faculty.

Success of Tumbling Lassie Day “exceeds expectations”

A highly impressive provisional figure of £16,400 has been raised for charity by The Tumbling Lassie Ball and Seminar.

Holocaust Memorial Day

Statement by Faculty to mark anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Tae a Gok – counsel’s new take on a Burns classic

Advocate Edith Forrest is a Burns Supper veteran, having spoken at dinners from Kilmarnock to Kazakhstan and London to Lerwick, but there was still something new for her at her latest appearance.

A place for statements, but oral evidence should be FAI norm, Faculty believes

Oral evidence should continue to be the norm at fatal accident inquires, although there is scope for witness statements, the Faculty has suggested.

Draft Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules

Brexit implications on EU migration: speeches by QCs

Two QCs were among the speakers at a JUSTICE Scotland/Equality and Human Rights Commission event which explored “The Human Rights Implications of Brexit on EU Migration”.