FOLLOWING an election among four candidates, Faculty members have chosen Stephen O’Rourke, QC, to be the new Keeper of the Library, replacing Mungo Bovey, QC, who stepped down as a Faculty office-bearer after serving in the role for more than 12 years.
The Faculty of Advocates deplores the attack on the legal profession in Myanmar following the military takeover and subsequent imposition of a state of emergency.
Applications are being sought by the Faculty for a lay member to serve on its Complaints Committee and Disciplinary Tribunal.
The three new Senators of the College of Justice, announced by the Judiciary of Scotland, are all members of Faculty.
In the law, the past is never truly a foreign country. Scotland’s Advocates in 2021 are impacted by events of 1848. That year, Robert Batchelor, a shore porter in Dundee, died.
A very special 21st Century Bar Conference will also be a very different conference as it adapts to coronavirus restrictions.
A new panel of Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government sees Paul Reid appointed as First Standing Junior.
The Faculty’s Christmas Collection for vulnerable families has been a tear-inducing success, and a heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to everyone who helped.