Scott Clair

Today I was called to the Scottish Bar and joined @AmpersandAdv . So grateful to all who have helped me get here and none more so than my devilmaster, @PReidAdvocate . ⚖️

Wishing my (very first!) devil, Amy Hunter, all the very best on calling to the Scottish Bar @FacultyScot today . She’s worked exceptionally hard to get there and I know she will have a fantastic career. @blackadvocates

Sheriff Appeal Court grants permission for Monaco reburial of Edinburgh teen who died in 2002 scottishlegal.com/articles/sheri…

An unusual case in the Sheriff Appeal Court - on the law regulating the exhumation of human remains. Family members of a deceased young woman sought lawful authority to remove her remains from Edinburgh to Monaco for reburial. scotcourts.gov.uk/media/siap4ykm…

Three years and the best decision I ever made later! #ScottishBar #FacultyofAdvocates

Not one of the books I have at home that I dip into very often! 📚

Emergency surgery to have my gallbladder removed after an extremely painful 36 hours was certainly not how I planned spending Halloween! However, the fantastic staff of the NHS (plus @Kitpward and @PaulineClair) have looked after me very well. 🤒

Faculty welcomes new cohort of aspiring advocates #legal bit.ly/4dEzZix

Wishing all the very best to this year's Devils starting their training with @FacultyScot today! This was me on that very day three years ago... and I haven't looked back since! ⚖️

@SGMacGobhainn A favourite case of mine, I have to say!

Another day, another bizarrely specific index term in a law report.

The historic Opening of the Legal Year is to be livestreamed for the first time from the Court of Session. From 10am on Monday 23 September, the ceremony to mark the beginning of the 2024-25 term will be available to watch as it happens bit.ly/3B9BU11

In a little work update from me(!), I am delighted to have been appointed to the panel of Standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland. gov.uk/government/new…

Ampersand’s @ScottClairAdv appointed to the Session Cases team.

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.

@UsmanTariq Many congratulations, Usman!

I am honoured to have been appointed as King's Counsel. It reflects many years of hard work from devilling at the Faculty of Advocates straight from my traineeship at the age of 25, calling to the Bar in 2011, and 13 years of practice. 1/5

Advocate General appointed, at last. Catherine Smith KC (as she is for now) is a highly talented and respected silk. @FacultyScot wishes her every success in her new position. thenational.scot/news/24549944.…

Mediterranean shores and my heart will go on.

Election Day tradition - watching Blackadder III's 'Dish & Dishonesty' (featuring the late, great Vincent Hanna) before the exit poll. #RottenBorough #DunnyOnTheWold #CountryGentlemansPigFertiliserGazette

Two years and absolutely no regrets later! ⚖️ ⁦@FacultyScot⁩ #facultyofadvocates #scottishbar

@HolyRoodRCHigh Managed (or, rather, @PaulineClair managed!) to find an old photograph from my own S3 awards ceremony all the way back in 2007! #throwback #greatmemories

A pleasure and a privilege to be invited back to my school @HolyRoodRCHigh and to spend the afternoon handing out prizes, awards and talking to pupils about the importance of education. Great too to see my favourite teachers (who somehow look younger than me!)