Video sheds light on Scottish Law Commission's work

A new video providing a detailed study of the Scottish Law Commission and its work has been produced by the Commission in collaboration with the Faculty of Advocates.

The 25-minute production, posted to YouTube, features the Commission’s chairman, Lord Pentland, in discussion with the former Dean of Faculty, James Wolffe QC.

They look back on the work of the Commission in the last year, which covers the Commission's golden jubilee, and explore some of its current projects.

Paying tribute to the roles of the Faculty and the Law Society of Scotland in law reform, Lord Pentland comments: “I think I should stress how substantial the contribution made by both the Faculty and the Law Society is to all our work. We are extremely grateful for this. Many members of the practising profession give up time to contribute to our projects. They read our discussion papers… and they serve on our advisory groups.

“Something which has struck me in my two years as chairman is the enormous amount of goodwill which exists towards the Commission out there in the wider community and particularly in the legal community.”

Lord Pentland is hoping to develop further collaborative arrangements between the Commission and the university law schools. "There is a fantastic pool of academic talent available on a very wide range of subjects", he states. "There has always been a strong relationship between the Law Commission and the academic community and I think there are ways in which we can consider harnessing that talent to support our projects.”

The video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/-xLd4FkejbM.