The Faculty of Advocates is led by elected office-bearers and an elected Faculty Council, which exercises most of the powers of a general meeting of the Faculty of Advocates.
Charity Information:
The Faculty of Advocates – Faculty Funds is a Scottish-registered charity SC010773.
The Faculty of Advocates Abbotsford Collection Trust is a Scottish-registered charity SC042109.
Attribution:
The Faculty is grateful to the SSC for allowing certain of the website photographs to be taken in their premises.
Privacy policy
This website is operated by the Faculty of Advocates which is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users. The Faculty will collect personal information from you through the use of the registration facility. Please note the information given by you will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purposes of processing your registration and for auditing use of the site. Your details will also be entered into our database for general administration purposes and we may send you information from time to time that we consider may be of general interest. We will action any request to be removed from the list promptly. Please contact info@advocates.org.uk
Access to information
You have the right to apply for a copy of any information that we may hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. An administrative fee may be applied.
Disclosures
We will not use your information for purposes which are not clear when you provide your details We may provide information, in response to properly made requests, for the purposes of the prevention and detection of crime, and the apprehension or prosecution of offenders or to other parties lawfully authorised to carry out investigations where we have a legal obligation to do so.
We may also disclose your personal data to other acting on our behalf. Otherwise we will not pass on your information.
Accessibility Policy
The Faculty of Advocates wishes the site and associated services to be accessible to all. Any difficulties encountered in relation to such matters should be raised at info@advocates.org.uk
Faculty Services Limited (FSL)
The Faculty of Advocates has established a service company to provide administrative and support services to Advocates. That company is Faculty Services Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Acts and having registered number SC048261 and having its registered office at:
Faculty of Advocates
Advocates Library
Parliament House
Edinburgh
EH1 1RF
