News and Responses
All the latest news from the Faculty of Advocates
Faculty highlights “difficulties” facing prosecution service
Routine difficulty in meeting statutory time limits in Scotland’s criminal justice system requires urgent attention, the Faculty has told MSPs.
Evidence to Inquiry into Role and Purpose of Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
TV lawyer Jerome Buting wows Glasgow audience
A great event and a pleasure to have been part of it – that was the verdict of US attorney Jerome Buting who faced an audience in Glasgow at an event staged by the Scottish Criminal Bar Association.
Counsel sign up for scheme to aid nurses and midwives
More than 50 advocates are preparing to help nurses and midwives who may be facing the trauma of disciplinary proceedings with no-one at their side.
Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and Deterrents
Access to counsel’s advice should not be jeopardised in tax penalties regime, says Faculty
Counsel and others who merely give advice on tax avoidance schemes without helping to design them should be excluded from a proposed new regime of sanctions, the Faculty has suggested.
Possible return of death penalty in Turkey is condemned
The Faculty has co-signed a statement which condemns in the strongest terms a possible reinstatement of the death penalty in Turkey.
Tumbling Lassie announcement marks Anti-Slavery Day
A nameless girl from 17th Century Scotland is to be the spearhead of a fundraising event to aid victims of modern slavery.
Top marks for MiniTrials
Learning about the law through the Faculty’s MiniTrials scheme for schools has been given a “ten out of ten” rating following the latest event at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.