Criminal Law Committee
Convener
Stuart Munro
Secretary
Liliana Torres Jimenez
LilianaTorresJimenez@lawscot.org.uk
LilianaTorresJimenez@lawscot.org.uk
Solicitor Members
Vikki Bell
Alan Cameron
Daniel Fenn
John Good
Anika Jethwa
Donna Maitland
Matthew McGovern
Julia McPartlin
Grazia Robertson
Gail Russell
Gordon Williams
Desmond Ziolo
Non-solicitor Members
Professor Elizabeth Gilchrist
Laura Sharp
Aims & functions of the committee
- To advise the Council and the profession on criminal law matters; to promote its reform; to respond to proposals for reform from bodies including the government and to enhance the profile of criminal law, encouraging best practice and professional ethics.
- To improve the criminal law, both practice and procedure, in the Scottish legal system for the benefit of the public and the profession through lobbying for change and through responding effectively to criminal law reform proposals from Westminster, Holyrood, Brussels and beyond.
- To advance the Law Society of Scotland as key in improving, commenting and analysing proposals for criminal law which emanate from the UK Parliament and UK ministries, the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government, the EU Commission and EU Parliament.