Faculty of Advocates
Britishnoun
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Roddy Dunlop KC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, will represent the police federation and two of the officers involved in the incident which ended with Mr Bayoh's death.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
The Faculty of Advocates added the "bill contains provisions giving the Scottish ministers very broad powers, not only in making regulations but also allowing interventions in some circumstances".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
He referred himself to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission and in April 2020 announced he would quit as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022
Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Roddy Dunlop QC, described the app as the "worst I have ever tried to use".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2021
This example was "followed by the gentlemen of the county of Edinburgh, by the Faculty of Advocates, and other respectable public bodies; and the practice was utterly exploded over all Scotland."
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
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