Roddy Dunlop QC has been elected treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates.
Mr Dunlop was admitted to Faculty in 1998 and took silk in 2010. He has a wide and varied caseload.
The post of treasurer became vacant on the appointment of Alan Summers QC, treasurer since 2012, as a Senator of the College of Justice.
Mr Dunlop said: “I am delighted and honoured to be appointed Faculty treasurer, a post in which I have an illustrious series of predecessors, and I hope to continue the good work of Alan Summers.”
