Faculty of Advocates trends analysis and audits
2024 review of Faculty conduct complaint process
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 we published an update report on progress against our recommendations.

Review Of The Faculty Of Advocates' Complaints Process, June 2024
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Review Of The Faculty Of Advocates' Complaints Process Update Report, June 2025
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2016- Faculty of Advocates Benchmarking Audit
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.

Faculty of Advocates Benchmarking Report 2016
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We revisited outstanding issues and published update reports on progress in 2017 and 2019.
2017- Faculty of Advocates Benchmarking audit update

Faculty of Advocates Benchmarking Report Update 2017
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2019- Faculty of Advocates Benchmarking audit update

Faculty of Advocates Benchmarking Report Update 2019
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