Faculty of Advocates
Britishnoun
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Ms Wilson's complaint is now sitting with the Faculty of Advocates, which regulates the legal profession in Scotland.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
Regulation of Scotland's legal profession is currently done by a string of independent bodies, including the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
Roddy Dunlop KC, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, also paid tribute to Mr Hamilton, who had been their oldest living member, as "one of the greats in the Scottish criminal courts".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
Jackson was elected dean of the Faculty of Advocates – the ruling body for the country’s most senior lawyers – in 2016, and is regarded by other lawyers as an outstanding courtroom performer.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2020
In 1752 the Faculty of Advocates chose me their librarian; an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library.
From The History of England, Volume I by Hume, David
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