Faculty of Advocates trends analysis and audits

In 2024 we carried out a review of the Faculty of Advocates' conduct complaint handling process. We made a number of observations on the transparency and complexity of the process and made five recommendations for improvement. 

In June 2025 and June 2026 we published update reports on progress against our recommendations. 

We reviewed the Faculty of Advocate’s systems for dealing with conduct complaints and its current Disciplinary Rules, which govern the complaints handling process. We did not make any formal recommendations, but identified a number of issues for action. 

We revisited outstanding issues and published update reports on progress in 2017 and 2019.