New editor and deputy editor for Session Cases
A new editor and deputy editor of Session Cases have been appointed in the wake of the installation of Lord Ericht as a Senator of the College of Justice.
News and Responses
All the latest news from the Faculty of Advocates
Simple change could ease burden on children, Faculty suggests
Children could be spared confusion and possible upset by a simple change to new forms for family actions, the Faculty has suggested.
Hearing the Voice of the Child in Family Actions - Forms F9.1 and F9.2
Hearing the Voice of the Child in Family Actions - Forms F9.1 and F9.2.
Support to fill gap in cross-border arrest powers
Plans to plug a gap in provisions on cross-border powers of arrest have been backed by the Faculty.
Going funky at the Mackenzie!
The Faculty’s Mackenzie Building will be swinging this weekend as it hosts an upbeat soul and gospel concert by Edinburgh’s Phoenix Choir.
Policing and Crime Bill
Eid lunch for Scottish lawyers
The first Eid lunch for Scottish lawyers was held in Glasgow on Saturday (6 August).
New video details work of Scottish Law Commission
The Faculty and the Scottish Law Commission have worked together to produce a detailed study of the Commission and its law reform work.
A study of Sir Walter Scott’s The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
A study of Sir Walter Scott’s The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border has been written by Alistair Johnson of the Advocates’ Library and published on the Faculty’s website.
Lady Smith to head child abuse inquiry
The Inner House judge, Lady Smith, has been named as the new Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.