The Scottish Council of Law Reporting


Macfadyen Lecture 2012

The Role and Conduct of Public Inquiries
to be delivered by

the Rt Hon. Lord Saville of Newdigate QC
on 15 March 2012 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Admission by invitation only. To request an invitation please contact the Secretary.


SESSION CASES ~ LAW REPORTING IN SCOTLAND

The SCLR has commissioned a series of five linked short films about law reporting in Scotland and the place of law reports in Scottish legal practice. The celebrated case of Donoghue v. Stevenson provides a useful theme as the role of precedent in the work of lawyers and the courts is explained. The films are presented as a free educational resource, especially useful for those seeking to understand the role of law reports as a primary source of law.

The five films are:

The films are on YouTube. The SCLR would be interested to hear from any lawyer or law teacher who wishes to provide supplementary teaching materials, to be used in conjunction with these films and which would be published on this website for free download. To get in touch with the SCLR please use the contact form.


Publishers of Session Cases®

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Court of Session requires that where a case has been reported in Session Cases it must be cited from that source. Other series of reports may only be used when a case is not reported in Session Cases.”

Court of Session Practice Note No. 5 of 2004

High Court of Justiciary Practice Note No. 2 of 2004 gives a similar direction in respect of cases cited before the High Court of Justiciary and Court of Criminal Appeal.

More about Session Cases in hard copy and online, including open access scottish law reports.

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