Scottish Council of Law Reporting

Macfadyen Lecture 2026 - 23rd April 2026 - 6-7pm The Rt Hon Lord Hodge: Developments in the Scots law of contract @ The Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF The event is Free, tickets can be secured in the link below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/macfadyen-le…

Macfadyen Lecture 2026 Join us at The Signet Library on 23rd April to hear The Rt Hon Lord Hodge discuss 'Developments in the Scots Law of Contract'. Sign up now by clicking the link below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/macfadyen-le…

Macfadyen Lecture 2026 – Save the Date We are pleased to announce the 2026 Macfadyen Lecture will be held on Thursday, 23rd April at The Signet Library. This year’s lecture will be given by The Rt Hon Lord Patrick Hodge More details coming soon.

Announcing the launch of Session Cases Index online. The Scottish Council of Law Reporting has created a fully searchable database of c.34,736 Cases data from 1821 to present. This exciting new development available free of charge via The SCLR website: sclr-index.scottishlawreports.org.uk

Was there ever a snail in the bottle? We may never know but the belief that it was proven that there was not is false. New research confirms this fact. See our link at scottishlawreports.org.uk/resources/dono…

The text of the Hon. Justice Adrian Saunders' 2025 Macfadyen Lecture is available on line at scottishlawreports.org.uk/publications/m… and can be viewed at youtu.be/PYTFaoLZzwk

Justice Adrian Saunders will give this year's Macfadyen Lecture on 27 March 2025 'The Caribbean Court of Justice at 20 Years' booking now open on Eventbrite at tinyurl.com/52umbvpa

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Gilly Grant as the Secretary nominate to the SCLR in succession to Anthony Kinahan. She is due to take on the role following the next AGM in June 2025

The SCLR supports the LawScot Foundation. They are fund raising now. Please join them at Baublefest. lawscotfoundation.org.uk/news/baublefes…

New Secretary being sought. Please see scottishlawreports.org.uk/about/ for details

New law reporters added to the Session Cases team. We are delighted to announce that the following advocates have been appointed to our team: David Blair, Scott Clair, Morag McEwan, Alannah McGinley and Kristian Whitaker.

We have a new distributor for hard copy subscriptions: Session Cases Subscriptions c/o Intermedia Brand Marketing Ltd Unit 6, The Enterprise Centre, Kelvin Lane Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9PE Telephone +44 (0) 1293 312216 Email: sessioncases@subscriptionhelpline.co.uk

Evaluating the Expert Witness in the Modern Legal Landscape. The Right Honourable Dame Siobhan Keegan delivered the 2024 Macfadyen Lecture on 18 April. You can view her Lecture at youtu.be/WwPXsSwfSs4 or read it at bit.ly/3UFYBkW

Want to become a law reporter? A unique feature of Session Cases® is that its law reports are prepared only by lawyers in active practice who have rights of audience in the courts whose cases are reported. if you are interested contact Secretary@sclr.scot for info.

Macfadyen Lecture 2024: 'Evaluating the expert witness in the modern legal landscape' to be given by the Rt Hon. Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland in Edinburgh on 18 April. Booking open at Eventbite at bit.ly/3HRnaUP

🎄🎄🎄 Baublefest 2023 is here! This year we're aiming for a festive forest to support less-advantaged Scots law students. 🎄🎄🎄 Special thanks to @Pinsent_Masons for sponsoring, and adding a tree alongside @BrodiesLLP and @mfmacllp. Read more 👉 bit.ly/49Ut0Bq

Part 1, Session Cases 2023 is now at the printer, posting this month, the online legal information vendors have it already. We believe this Part has the first full law report to be published of the UKSC decision in the Lord Advocate's Reference (No 1 of 2022) (Devolution Issues)

Justice Sikri's 2023 Macfadyen Lecture 'Human Dignity: A Purpose in Perpetuity' is now available online at bit.ly/3lF6DMf

Only a few seats remaining for Justice Sikri's Macfadyen Lecture, Human Dignity: A Purpose in Perpetuity on 23 March at the RSE. If you are interested in Human Rights this is for you. Book at bit.ly/3CRq4Xu