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The Nobile Officium

by Stephen Thomson

Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord Hope of Craighead

The leading authority on the nobile officium of the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.

Reviews

“a work of real scholarship, which makes a significant contribution to the literature on Scots law” – Rt. Hon. Lord Hope of Craighead

“we have obtained great assistance from… Stephen Thomson’s work, The Nobile Officium, the first monograph to be published on the subject” – Lord Drummond Young, in Cumbria County Council, Petitioners [2016] CSIH 92

“Stephen Thomson has done much to promote understanding of this jurisdiction… [H]e writes with admirable clarity and precision” – Prof. J.D. Ford, University of Aberdeen

“the author structured a book around concepts which make the understanding of the equitable jurisdiction more straightforward but, more importantly perhaps, easier for the practitioner to navigate its practical application… [I]f it is to be found, then one will assuredly find it referenced in this authoritative text.” – David J. Dickson, Solicitor-Advocate