Editing Advocate (section)

=====Faculty of Advocates=====
[[File:Quentin Massys 007.jpg|thumb|A 16th-century advocate]]
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Advocates are regulated by the [[Faculty of Advocates]] in [[Edinburgh]]. The Faculty of Advocates has about 750 members, of whom about 460 are in private practice. About 75 are [[King's Counsel]]. The Faculty is headed by the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Faculty who, along with the Vice-Dean, [[Treasurer]], and [[court clerk|Clerk]] are elected annually by [[secret ballot]].
	 
The Faculty has a service company, Faculty Services Ltd, to which almost all Advocates belong, which organized the '''stables''' (sets of Advocates or barristers' chambers<ref>{{cite web |title=Stables overview |url=https://www.legal500.com/c/scottish-bar/stables-overview/ |website=legal500.com |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>) and fee collection. This gives a guarantee to all newly called Advocates of a place. Until the end of 2007, there was an agreement with the [[Law Society of Scotland]], which is the professional body for Scottish solicitors, as to the payment of fees, but this has now been replaced by the Law Society. It remains the case that Advocates are not permitted to [[lawsuit|sue]] for their fees, as they have no contractual relationship with their instructing solicitor or with the client.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/other/husbands-final.rtf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010141208/http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/other/husbands-final.rtf |archive-date=2007-10-10 }}</ref> Their fees are [[honorarium|honoraria]].

Advocates wear wigs, white bow-ties (or falls in the case of senior counsel), straps and gowns as a dress in court.