News and Responses

Scottish Legal Aid Board annual report published: Dean’s statement

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has published its 2014-15 annual report, which shows an eight per cent, or £11.9m, drop in total expenditure.

Welcome, Lord President Carloway

Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice-Clerk since 2012, has been appointed Lord President in succession to Lord Gill, who retired in May

Gavin Sellar admitted as a member of Faculty

The Faculty has admitted Gavin Sellar as a non-practising member.

Give a date in Tribunals regulations and it could help avoid mistakes, Faculty suggests

Stating a date rather than setting a time limit could help avoid mistakes in requests for permission to appeal decisions of the Scottish Tribunals, the Faculty has suggested.

Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014: Consultation on two sets of Draft Regulations

Consultation on the Review of Civil Partnership

Let’s see impact of same sex marriage law before any more changes, says Faculty

Ministers have been urged by the Faculty to wait at least five years to see the impact of same sex marriages before considering further changes to the law on civil partnerships.

“Privilege” for Faculty to aid understanding of human rights

The Faculty was “privileged” to play a part in a successful event to give young people a better grasp on human rights.

Warm welcome for Crown’s refugee policy

The Dean of Faculty, James Wolffe, QC, has welcomed the Crown Office’s publication of a policy on non-penalisation of refugees.

New website launch gives added gloss to Human Rights event

A special event with two eminent legal figures from either side of the Border was given added gloss by an announcement of a new website for the Faculty’s Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee.