Advocate Jane Rattray, a member of Westwater Advocates, has passed away. “Jane called to the bar in 2015, following many years as a solicitor, and specialised in family law. In recent years her professional life has been focused on her role as counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. She w
Eleven new members were admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in calling ceremonies held last week. They were admitted as members of Faculty by Dean of Faculty Roddy Dunlop KC and admitted to the public office of advocate by Lord Stuart.
Aberdeen University law graduate Helena Siebenrock has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award. Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the award is given out by the cha
In 2019, Miss M - a rape survivor, who fought and won a civil case against her attacker - was invited to talk to the Faculty of Advocates about her experience of the criminal justice system.
Judge told a crime probe is in the public interest over malicious prosecutions in the failed Rangers fraud case
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Judge told a crime probe is in the public interest over malicious prosecutions in the failed Rangers fraud case QUESTIONS emerged over whether there would be a public judge-led inquiry into the malicious prosecutions over the collapsed Rangers fraud case, as a former club administrator said it was in the public interest that there was a criminal probe. David Whitehouse has argued to a judge there should be a crime investigation after for the first time in Scottish legal history there were admissions of malicious and without probable cause prosecutions.