The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow September - November 2013 CPD Programme Sponsored by • Special offer – if you book three seminars at the outset you will receive a further seminar within the same programme free of charge (not including the PI Conference; free seminar will be the least expensive). • Unless otherwise stated the seminars will be held in the Royal Faculty Hall. Coffee and biscuits will be available prior to the seminars. • Please do not hesitate to advise us by email (
[email protected]) prior to the event, of any questions you wish to ask the various speakers. Otherwise questions will be taken on the night. • Seminar prices for members - £35 for lunchtime seminars, £50 for evening seminars and £100 for ½-day conferences seminar prices for non-members - £50 for lunchtime seminars, £75 for evening seminars and £150 for ½-day conferences In addition there are reduced rates available for trainees, paralegals and unemployed legal practitioners. A number of seminars will be made available as recordings on the Royal Faculty website. For details please see – www.rfpg.org/cpd:recorded-seminars 1. Dean’s Debate: Future Trends for the Provision of Legal Services in Scotland – to merge or not to merge? Austin Lafferty (Partner, Lafferty Law), Gilbert Anderson (Partner, DAC Beachcroft), Bruce Beveridge (President, Law Society of Scotland) to Chair 5 Sept. 2013 Thursday 5.45pm – 7.15pm The Royal Faculty is holding a debate focusing on mergers in Scots Law. In order to get a breadth of different views and opinions heard, we have invited three fantastic participants. Austin Lafferty was President of the Law Society of Scotland until May 2013.