News and Responses
All the latest news from the Faculty of Advocates
Fellows all…
An impressive 18 members of Faculty have gone through some intensive training and emerged as Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Former Dean appointed RSE Fellow
The former Dean of Faculty, James Wolffe, QC, has become a Fellow of the RSE, Scotland’s National Academy.
Faculty to host International Women’s Day talk
Lady Wolffe is to be the guest speaker at the Faculty’s International Women’s Day event, when she pays tribute to pioneering women in the law and looks to the future.
All about arbitration at special Faculty conference
Arbitration and all its attractions will be showcased at a special one-day conference hosted by the Faculty.
Faculty submits comprehensive paper on automated vehicles
Advances in technology used in automated vehicles could make it impossible to identify the cause of accidents involving them, the Faculty has suggested.
Automated Vehicles
Launch of 2019 Tumbling Lassie events
Details have been confirmed for the first event in the Tumbling Lassie 2019 fundraising calendar, with a new charity partner lined up to benefit.
Faculty suggests possible solution to delays in defence post-mortems
A new system of instructing second post-mortem examinations of homicide victims has been put forward by the Faculty, in an attempt to ease the grief of bereaved families.