Six young stars of the Malawian Youth Choir took time out from performances at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to visit the Faculty – and for at least one of them, the occasion went straight to her head.
The Faculty has sounded a note of caution about making changes to an important piece of family law legislation.
Twenty-two members of Faculty have been appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland.
The Faculty is teaming up again with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in a second medico-legal debate, examining assisted suicide.
Plans to tighten the legal framework around Scottish limited partnerships have been supported in the main by the Faculty.
Members of Faculty are to share expertise in immigration law at a masterclass conference in the autumn.
A full review should be made of the “appropriate adult” system for vulnerable people in police custody before it is applied to complainers and witnesses, the Faculty has suggested.
The Faculty has welcomed an announcement by the Scottish Government that it will issue a public consultation on the Roberton Review of legal services regulation.