The Society is delighted to invite you to a webinar organised in collaboration with Professor Masahisa Deguchi from the Ritsumeikan University dedicated to the innovative solutions put in place by the Scottish Courts during thepandemic. Scotland’s justice system has become a leader of new practices to adapt to the pandemic which included, for example, novel approaches such as arranging for criminal juries to sit in cinemas while watching the court room.
This webinar will be a rare and valuable opportunity to discuss this evolution of the courts and the lessons to be learned from these experiences with a panel of the most distinguished experts.
This event will be moderated and chaired by the Society’s President, Judge Ian Forrester:

Ian Forrester QC LLD

The panel for this even will be the following:
The Right Hon Lord Carloway

Chair.
President of the FBLS.
Formerly Judge of the General
Court of the European Union from2015 to 2020.

Lord Carloway was appointed as Lord President of the Court of Session andLord Justice General of Scotland in December 2015. He has been Senator ofthe College of Justice since February 2000. He was appointed to the Second
Division of the Inner House in August 2008, before becoming Lord Justice
Clerk in August 2012. His report into criminal law and practice was publishedin November 2011.

The Right Hon Lady Dorrian
Lady Dorrian was installed as Lord Justice Clerk and President of the Second
Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session in April 2016. She wasappointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in 2005, having served as a temporary
judge since 2002. She was appointed to the Inner House in November 2012.

Professor Dr. Masahisa Deguchi
Co-organizer
Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan
University in Kyoto, Japan
He is also the Honorary Vice Presidentof the International Association ofProcedural Law (IAPL).
The webinar is open to all. Registration is free and the event
will be recorded.
To register, please email hou-aca2@st.ritsumei.ac.jp anddetails on how to join will be sent prior to the event.
Co-organizers:
Study Group on Comparative Judicial Systems, College ofLaw, Ritsumeikan University
Peace Education and Research Center, International Peace
Museum, Ritsumeikan University
Research Center for Laegal and Political Infrastructure,
Ritusmeikan University

The Right Hon Dorothy Bain QC
Rt Hon Dorothy Bain QC was appointed Lord Advocate in June 2021. From 2002 to2011, she served as an Advocate Depute in Crown Office. This culminated in her
appointment as the Principal Advocate Depute in 2009; the first woman to be appointed
to this post. As Principal Advocate Depute, she was Scotland’s most senior prosecutor,
conducting many complex and high-profile criminal prosecutions and appeals.

Roddy Dunlop QC
Roddy Dunlop QC is the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland.
He was admitted to the Faculty in 1998 and took silk in 2010. His
expertise covers a wide practice including media law, insurance law,human rights, and judicial review.

Laura Dunlop QC
Laura Dunlop QC was appointed Procurator to the General Assemblyof the Church of Scotland in 2005. Today, she also is the President of
the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland.