News and Responses

Summary sheriff vacancies

Applications are being sought by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland for 16.6 full-time equivalent (FTE) posts of summary sheriff which will be filled in March 2017.

Consultation on Children's Rights and Services Planning

Guidance on child convention could be more effective, suggests Faculty

Guidance for public authorities about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) needs to get back to basics, the Faculty has suggested.

Three-way contest for Dean of Faculty

The election for the new Dean of Faculty will be a three-way contest between Roddy Dunlop, QC, Peter Gray, QC, and Gordon Jackson, QC.

QC joins board of Aberdeen Law Project

A senior member of Faculty has become a board member of the Aberdeen Law Project.

Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Prescription

“Morrison” prescription options would be an improvement, says Faculty

The Faculty favours a change in the law of prescription, as it has been held to be by the Supreme Court.

Expenses & Funding of Litigation: Multi-Party Actions Paper

Scotland “rightly proud of prosecution service”

Scotland has good reason to be proud of its public prosecution service, according to the new Lord Advocate, James Wolffe, QC.

Swearing-in of Lord Advocate and Solicitor General

The new Lord Advocate, James Wolffe, QC, and Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo, have been sworn in at ceremonies in Parliament House.