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Law Society of Scotland Annual Conference 2019

Annual Conference 2019

Welcome

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to We have a packed agenda for you, and I hope this year’s Annual Conference. you will get a lot out of the conversations you hear and take part in today. We have a fantastic As we celebrate the 70th year of the Law line-up of speakers who will challenge you Society of Scotland it is the perfect time to and inspire you in equal measure. reflect on both the successes of the past, and the future challenges ahead. Do get involved. Take part in the conversations in the room. Make new connections, and This year’s conference theme ‘Leading Legal renew old ones. This is your conference, and Excellence’ gives us the scope to look at a you’ll get out of it what you put in. wide range of issues, offering speakers and breakout sessions which will appeal to our I look forward to meeting and speaking with whole audience. as many of you as possible during today. It is fair to say that this has been an interesting Enjoy and welcome to the 2019 Annual year to work in the legal profession. Never Conference. before has the public eye been focused on the courts in quite the same way as we’ve witnessed over the past few months. This year’s annual conference gives us space to reflect on what has been happening, and what that means for the future of the profession, and the future of the country as Brexit presents challenges for us as lawyers John Mulholland and for the businesses we work for. President, Law Society of Scotland

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Programme

08:30 Registration, refreshments and exhibition Join us for breakfast and your first chance to chat to our sponsors and exhibitors

09:40 Welcome and introduction from the conference chair Lennox 3 Austin Lafferty, Austin Lafferty Ltd

09:45 President’s Welcome Lennox 3 John Mulholland, Law Society of Scotland

09:50 Opening Keynote: Law and politics in an age of disruption Lennox 3 Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

10:20 Questions for Baroness Kennedy QC

10:30 Transition to breakouts Delegates will make their way to their chosen breakout session

10:35 Breakout A Breakout B Breakout C Breakout D Building a rights-based “It’s tough out there”: Legal operations - The new Lockton: Open space on society: Scotland as an The next 100 years buzzword for in-house legal risk: Why risk management exemplar for Human Rights departments? is important in an unfair age Lennox 3 Get your 1 hour of risk Lammermuir management CPD Menteith Chair: Alison Atack, Chair: Lowther Chair: Law Society of Scotland Vlad Valiente, Pennie Taylor, Scottish Fire & Rescue Speakers: Journalist and Broadcaster Speakers: Gail Cook, Kim Pattullo, Speakers: Lockton Companies LLP Speakers: Addleshaw Goddard LLP Rachael McLean, Anne Kentish, Professor Alan Miller, Sarah Hutchinson, The Scottish Government Brodies LLP Special Envoy of the Global Barbri International Stuart Clarke, Rona Paterson, Alliance of National Human Morven Hadden, Scottish Enterprise RSA Insurance plc Rights Competition and Markets Helen Arnot, Mark Gray, Ruth Dearnley OBE, Authority STV Lockton Companies LLP Stop the Traffik • Individuals (often women) • The 3 key features of In- The aim of the session is to We will discuss the new who have taken career House legal operations: leave the attendees with an National Taskforce for breaks can often face People, processes and understanding of: Human Rights Leadership daunting barriers in systems • What risk management and the work to develop a returning and reconnecting • Interacting with business looks like on the ground new statutory framework to the profession units and effective function • How easy issues arise but to improve human rights • We will discuss a diverse within how easy problems can be protection for everyone workforce with a broad skill avoided in Scotland. We will also set, intellectual curiosity • Why risk management is explore the work to identify and life experience important modern slavery within • We will particularly focus on • How risk management corporate spaces in the UK agesim, as well as gender may help in the current and the interaction between equality, and how firms and insurance market legislation, compliance with organisations can establish • What might be the claims the Modern Slavery Act, best and embed themselves issues of the future practice and stock value as leaders by exploring consequence. Returners Programmes in firms and organisations

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11:15 Refreshments, exhibition and networking

11:40 Keynote session: The 21st Century General Counsel Lennox 3 Bjarne P. Tellmann, Pearson In an era of rapid change, disruption and finite resources, the role of the in-house counsel has become one of the corporate world’s most complex and challenging. Increasingly, general counsel and other senior leaders in legal departments must act like chief executives if they are to succeed. They need to know how to lead, communicate, inspire, motivate, build cultures, manage talent, formulate and execute strategies, anticipate and manage risk, and oversee quality control.And they must manage diverse groups of people with subtlety and diplomacy. All these skills are needed in addition to being top-notch lawyers, and the consequences of getting the balance wrong can be significant. In this fireside chat, Bjarne Tellmann, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Pearson, will draw upon over 20 years’ experience of leading global organisations across Europe, Asia and the United States to provide a structured plan for successfully navigating though these issues.

12:05 Questions to Bjarne P. Tellmann

12:15 Transition to breakouts Delegates will make their way to their chosen breakout session

12:20 Breakout A Breakout B Breakout C Breakout D Lived experience – sharing Vulnerable witnesses and Time for a Written New business structures: leaders the vulnerable accused: The Constitution? Employee ownership as a next 100 years succession solution Lammermuir Menteith Lennox 3 Lowther Chair: Chair: Pennie Taylor, Chair: Michael P. Clancy OBE, Chair: Journalist and Broadcaster Austin Lafferty, Law Society of Scotland David Lee Austin Lafferty Ltd Speakers: Speakers: Speakers: Rob Stephenson, Speakers: Professor Conor Gearty, Scottish Enterprise InsideOut John Scott QC, London School of Economics Ewan Hall, Catriona Headley, Solicitor Advocate Rt. Hon Henry McLeish, Baxendale Advisory Digby Brown Sheriff A J M Duff, former First Minister of Scotland John Clark, Samantha Brown, Judicial Institute for Scotland Aileen McHarg, Novograf Herbert Smith Freehills Deborah Anne Wilson, University of Durham Karen Pickering, Bruce Beveridge, Wilson Defence Jemma Neville, Page \ Park Architects Law Society of Scotland Frances McMenamin QC, Author of ‘Constitution Street’ Black Chambers What’s your succession Creating a ripple effect of Constitutionally, we are living solution? A Solicitor, an senior leaders who are willing On the 70th Anniversary of through extraordinary times. Architect and a Chairman to speak out about their own the Law Society of Scotland, The degrees of uncertainty discuss employee ownership lived experience and sharing we consider the vulnerable and ambiguity about the and the dilemma of their powerful stories of how in our criminal justice system UK’s withdrawal from the EU succession being open has positively and explore the past, the have been in sharp focus this impacted their workplace present and drive towards the year. Is it time for a ‘written future. constitution’?

13.00 Lunch, exhibition and networking

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14:00 Keynote presentation: Innovating client service, inspiring lawyers: The next 100 years Lennox 3 Jacquelyn MacLennan, White & Case LLP

14:20 Questions and discussion

14:30 Transition to breakouts Delegates will make their way to their chosen breakout session

14:35 Breakout A Breakout B Breakout C Breakout D The next 100 years: Agile Social mobility in the legal Brexit- business impact Scotland and LegalTech working profession: The next 100 panel years Lowther Lennox 3 Menteith Lammermuir Chair: Chair: Chair: David Lee Amanda Millar, Chair: Pennie Taylor, Law Society of Scotland Austin Lafferty, Journalist and Broadcaster Speakers: Austin Laffery Ltd Sarah Blair, Speakers: Speakers: Thorntons LLP Alan D Stuart, Speakers: Jo Armstrong, Sam Moore, Stuart & Co Deborah McCormack, Glasgow University Burness Paull Jennifer Dalziel, Pinsent Masons LLP Professor Graeme Roy, OfGem Gordon Hunt, Fraser of Allander Institute Our panellists will share how Maggie Moodie, The Robertson Trust Siobhan Kahmann, LegalTech has benefitted their Morton Fraser LLP Covington organisation in practical terms • Explore the several stages and through technological • Rationale of the ‘social mobility Join our panellists to dive into advances, improve efficiencies • Evidence pipeline’ in the legal the latest Brexit economic and create competitive • Discovered along the way: profession impact debate and current advantages for solicitors, IT, GDPR, Tech • Identifying common fair indicators from the business clients and communities • Supervision and access and retainment sector. productivity pitfalls in the legal profession – what do employers keep getting wrong and what is good recruitment practice? • How do social mobility issues extend beyond recruitment and into the workplace? • How to create a more inclusive workplace and common pitfalls to watch out for in the legal profession

15:15 Refreshments, exhibition and networking

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15.30 Plenary session: Panel discussion The future of the profession: the Four Jurisdictions discuss Lennox 3 Chair: Austin Lafferty, Austin Laffery Ltd

David Greene, Law Society of England & Wales Lorna Jack, Law Society of Scotland Teri Kelly, Law Society of Ireland Rowan White, Law Society of Northern Ireland

• What steps can we take now that will further enshrine true equalities in our organisations and professions? • What will future generations come to see as watershed moments in pursuit of true equality? • Working together in rearranged world: what emerging challenges and opportunities are presented by constitutional and geo political shifts?

16:00 Transition to breakouts Delegates will make their way to their chosen breakout session

16:05 Breakout A Breakout B Breakout C Business and Financial Crime in Creating law from the outside in: Leadership skills: Design thinking for Scotland The Next 100 years Scottish lawyers (interactive session) The Scottish Feminist Judgments Project Lennox 3 Lowther Lammermuir Chair: Chair: David Lee Chair: Sheekha Saha, Pennie Taylor, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Speakers: Journalist and Broadcaster Deborah Carroll, Speakers: Procurator Fiscal Depute Speakers: Craig Allan, Stuart Munro, Professor Sharon Cowan, RBS Livingstone Brown University of Edinburgh Tom Stocker, Professor Vanessa Munro, • What design thinking means Pinsent Masons LLP University of Warwick • Why it’s so popular • How it’s been used in the RBS • What is the scale of the financial crime The Scottish Feminist Judgments Project Outsourcing, Technology & IP Legal problem? is part of a global series that aims to team to date • What are COPFS and Police Scotland imagine how important legal cases might • Practical exercises to understand not doing to tackle financial crime? have been decided differently if the judge only the process itself but how to best • Are businesses doing enough to had adopted a feminist perspective. approach the process as a whole prevent financial crime? Join the panel as we look to the next 100 • Reporting financial crimes to the years to find out how the results could authorities shape your future legal practice • Internal investigations, self-reporting - directors and employees • What is next? Legal and policy developments.

16:45 Transition to plenary Delegates will make their way to the plenary room

16:50 Keynote session In conversation with... Karyn McClusky Lennox 3 Austin Lafferty speaking with Karyn McClusky, Chief Executive of Community Justice Scotland and famously described by the Guardian as ‘the woman who took on Glasgow’s gangs…and won’

17:25 Closing remarks Lorna Jack, Law Society of Scotland

17:30 Close of conference

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Keynote speakers

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is one of the UK’s most especially relating to sexual and domestic violence and distinguished lawyers. She has practised at the Bar developed the defence of Battered Women’s syndrome for over 40 years in the field of criminal law and has in the British courts. conducted many of the leading cases in those years, She has chaired the British Council and the UK Human including the Balcombe Street Siege, the Brighton Genetics Commission. She has been a member of the bombing trial, the Guildford Four Appeal, the European House of Lords for over 20 years, where she chaired Union Sub-committee on Justice issues. Michael Bettany The European Union Sub-committee on Justice issues. Espionage case, the bombing of the Israeli embassy, She is the President of Justice, the British arm of the the Jihadist fertiliser bomb plot, and the transatlantic International Commission of Jurists. She is the chair of bomb plot. She has championed law reform for women, the Booker Prize Foundation and a member of Microsoft Technology and Human Rights Advisory Council. She Baroness Kennedy has championed law has stepped down as Principal of Mansfield college, Oxford and become the new Chancellor of Sheffield reform for women, especially relating to Hallam University. She is the new Director of the sexual and domestic violence. International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute.

Jacquelyn MacLennan Partner, Brussels, London at White & Case LLP Jacquelyn MacLennan focuses in particular on EU and achieved the recognition of same sex marriage competition law, and risk management issues. She throughout the EU. This was awarded the Financial Times is recognised as a leading lawyer in her areas of EU 2018 “Innovation in the rule of law and access to justice” expertise and human rights. Jacquelyn is the Leader of award. Jacquelyn was recently named one of the Top White & Case’s Global Pro Bono Practice, and actively Ten Innovative Lawyers in Europe by the Financial Times involved in White & Case’s support for Bhutan’s first and is included in Global Competition Review’s 100 Elite law school, and the African Centre on Law & Ethics Women in Antitrust. She has been a visible advocate Programme where she teaches legal ethics and business for equality for women in the profession throughout and human rights to young lawyers and law students. her career, and is included in the First 100 Years video project, charting the journey of women in law since 2019. She is on the Board of PILnet, the Public Interest Lawyers Network, and Operation Fistula, which works to end fistula globally. She is also an Honorary Fellow of the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh. Jacquelyn Jacquelyn was recently named one of the led the White & Case team which worked with Romanian Top Ten Innovative Lawyers in Europe by NGO ACCEPT in Case C-673/16 Coman and Others, the Financial Times.

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Bjarne P. Tellmann Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Pearson Bjarne P. Tellmann is Chief Legal Officer and General Bjarne’s critically-acclaimed book, “Building an Counsel of Pearson and a member of its Executive. He leads Outstanding Legal Team” was published in 2017 approximately 150 people on six continents across its legal, and he writes regularly on legal topics. He has received compliance, security and company secretary functions. numerous awards for legal excellence, including Legal Era’s “2018 General Counsel of the Year” and Bjarne previously worked across Europe, Asia and “2017 General Counsel of the Year” at The British the US with The Coca-Cola Company, most recently Legal Awards. as Associate General Counsel. He has also held legal positions at Kimberly-Clark, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Bjarne serves on the board of Hire an Esquire, a and White & Case LLP. technology-driven online legal recruiter, on The University of Chicago Alumni Board and its Law Bjarne’s critically-acclaimed book, School Council, and on the Editorial Board of Modern “Building an Outstanding Legal Team” Legal Practice. He is an alumnus of numerous institutions, including Harvard Business School, The was published in 2017 and he writes University of Chicago Law School, and The London regularly on legal topics. School of Economics.

Karyn McCluskey Chief Executive for Community Justice Scotland Karyn worked in the police for 22 years in Sussex, Presidents Medal from The Royal College of Physicians Lancashire, West Mercia, Strathclyde and Police and Surgeons of Glasgow. She has worked in a variety of Scotland. She was Director of the Violence Reduction areas within the NHS, East Africa and HM Prisons. She Unit alongside John Carnochan set up in 2003, which has published work on Armed Robbery teams, Alcohol proposed a different way of addressing violence in and Violence Interventions in a clinical setting and Scotland. They developed injury surveillance, gang Violence Reduction. intervention and gang exit, and focused on preventing She is a board member of Simon Community Scotland knife carrying and injury. She supports Medics Against tackling homelessness, is on the Board of the Scottish Violence charity in Scotland, set up in conjunction with Professional Football League and a board member of the Violence Reduction Unit. The Centre for Justice Innovation. Karyn trained as a registered nurse, has a B.Sc and M.Sc in Psychology and is a Fellow by distinction of the Faculty of Public Health. She received Honorary Karyn received Honorary Doctorate Doctorate from University of Glasgow for work on prevention of violence and an Honorary Masters from University of Glasgow for work on from the Open University. In 2019 she received the prevention of violence.

Conference chair Austin Lafferty Partner, Austin Lafferty Solicitors Austin is a solicitor, broadcaster, journalist and Austin has also worked in a variety of media roles, artist, who has worked in general practice since having been a radio and television presenter on 1981 and currently runs his own multi-branch firm numerous programmes. Austin is a newspaper around Glasgow. columnist who has written extensively on legal matters. He has also authored It’s The Law!, which is a handbook He was elected vice president of the Law Society in on Scots Law for citizens, published in 2004. For leisure May 2011 and took over the presidency in May 2012, he is a 4th dan karate black belt, has run marathons, and and is now a past president of the Society. is a portrait artist (people and pets mainly).

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Session chairs

Alison Atack David Lee Immediate Past President, Law Society David Lee is an event host, conference of Scotland organiser, writer, editor and PR consultant Alison Atack joined the Society’s Council in May 1998 representing solicitors in Glasgow He worked for daily newspapers for 21 and Strathkelvin. She is a former member years, latterly as Senior Assistant Editor at of the Regulatory Committee and the The Scotsman before establishing his own former convener of the Client Protection business in 2009. Sub-Committee. As Director of David Lee Media & Events She retired as a partner at Lindsays in March Ltd, he has organised 100-plus business 2018 and has detailed knowledge and and public policy conferences and seminars experience of private client work, including and hosted almost 200 events for a range of succession planning and agricultural property. public and private sector clients across the UK. He has covered legal affairs for 15 years and has been a judge in the Scottish Legal Amanda Millar Awards since 2004. Vice President 2019-2020, Law Society As well as law, he has a particular interest of Scotland, solicitor since November in fintech, life sciences, forestry and rural 1998 and joined Law Society of Scotland affairs, food & drink, education and general Council 2010 public policy. Amanda is a partner with McCash & Hunter Away from work, he is a father of four children LLP in Perth, specialising in all aspects of (and two dogs) and is a passionate coastal mental health and adults with incapacity law. rower and an enthusiastic footballer (of Within the Law Society of Scotland she is the declining ability). He spends a lot of time on convener of the Professional Practice (Rules buses and trains, often leading to Twitter fury and Waivers) Sub-Committee, an observer @davidleemedia member of the Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee and a member of the Board. Amanda was the first solicitor in Scotland Gail Cook accredited by the Law Society of Scotland Client Executive, Master Policy Practice in the fields of both mental health law and Management, Lockton Companies LLP incapacity and mental disability law and For the majority of her career Gail has she remains the only solicitor so accredited been involved with Professional Indemnity outwith Glasgow and Edinburgh. She is a insurance. She has over 30 years member of the expert advisory group of the underwriting experience, evaluating the risks Centre for Mental Health and Incapacity and exposures created by professional firms Law Rights and Policy at Edinburgh Napier and prior to joining Lockton she held the University. Amanda was the first non-executive role of UK Head of Financial Lines for Zurich Chair of Changing the Chemistry (SCIO) and Insurance plc. stepped down from that post in September 2019. Their vision statement is “Changing the Chemistry in the boardroom so people and boards embrace diversity of thought”.

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John Mulholland Sheekha Saha President 2019-2020, Law Society Law Society Council Member: Dingwall, of Scotland Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, John Mulholland is a criminal law consultant Stornoway, Tain & Wick and Co- at Falkirk-based Marshall Wilson Law Group Convener, In-house Lawyers’ Committee and joined the Law Society of Scotland council in 2012, representing constituents in Sheekha is an in-house solicitor with Alloa, Falkirk, Linlithgow and Stirling. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, based in their Stornoway Office. She specialises in social John is Chair of the Board and sits on the work law. She serves on the Legal Group Appeals and Reviews Sub committee. He is of the Adoption & Fostering Alliance for the former convener of both the Nominations Scotland; as an elected Member of the Law committee and the Finance Committee and is Society of Scotland Council representing the former Treasurer. solicitors across the communities of the Highlands & Islands; and was recently elected as Co-Convener (along with Vlad Valiente) of Michael P. Clancy OBE the Society’s In-house Lawyers’ Committee. Director of Law Reform, Law Society Sheekha is also one of the five founding of Scotland members of the Scottish Ethnic Minority Lawyers’ Association (SEMLA) working Michael graduated from the University of with the Society, the Faculty of Advocates, Glasgow in 1979 taking an LLB degree and Scottish Government and others to improve in 1985 taking an LLM degree. In 1987 he equality of opportunity in access to and career graduated LLB (Hons) from the University of progression within the legal professions. London. He is a solicitor and Notary Public. After qualification as a solicitor in private practice he attained a partnership with the Glasgow firm of Franchi Wright & Co. He Vlad Valiente resigned this partnership in 1988 to become Scottish Fire & Rescue and convener, a Deputy Secretary of the Law Society of Law Society In-house lawyers committee Scotland. He is Director of Law Reform at Vlad has worked as an in-house lawyer since the Society and has published widely on a 2007. Vlad has worked for 3 local authorities range of legal topics. He is Chairman of the (Midlothian, Moray and Aberdeenshire International Bar Association Credentials Councils) in various roles from solicitor to Committee, and is Secretary of the United principal solicitor. He is currently the Legal Kingdom and Ireland Notarial Forum. Mr. Services Manager and Data Protection Clancy was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Officer for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Jubilee Birthday Honours List in June 2002. Service. Vlad is the Vice President of the Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators Pennie Taylor in Scotland (SOLAR) and is a Co-Convener Journalist and Broadcaster of the In-house Lawyers Committee of the Pennie Taylor is an award-winning journalist Law Society. He Tutors at Glasgow and and broadcaster who specialises in health, Strathclyde Universities and is a Chartered care and social issues. BBC Scotland’s Manager (Chartered Management Institute). first Health Correspondent, she has also Vlad has experience of providing legal worked on the newsdesks of a number of assistance and decision making at high national newspapers. A former Head of level within the above mentioned Councils, Communications for a large NHS Trust, SOLAR and as a Director of a refugee charity Pennie has inside knowledge of how public (Refugee Survival Trust). These include services work, giving her an informed advising a number of executive and non- perspective from which to approach and executive Boards and Committees. He has stimulate debate. also significant experience of building in- house legal teams.

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Speakers

Aileen McHarg Anne Kentish Professor of Public Law and Human Clyde and Co Rights, University of Durham Anne who is ranked in band 1 for professional Aileen McHarg has been Professor of negligence in Chambers 2016, is a talented Public Law and Human Rights at Durham and well regarded lawyer and has built up Law School since September 2019, having a formidable reputation in the professional previously worked at the Universities of indemnity market. Anne handles a number of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Bristol. She complex claims on behalf of the Law Society teaches, and has published widely on, UK and of Scotland Master Policy insurers as well as Scottish constitutional and administrative for other legal professionals and their insurers law, and also has expertise on energy law and and has also represented construction regulation. Inter alia, she is a member of the professionals, accountants, financial advisers Law Society of Scotland’s Constitutional Law and educational institutions. Sub-Committee, a member of the executive In addition to claims, Anne represents committee of the UK Constitutional Law legal professionals in conduct and services Association, and co-chair of the British-Irish complaints and has a proven track record in Chapter of the International Society of this area. Public Law. In 2018, she was appointed to the Scottish Government’s Expert Panel on Anne is the Scottish representative on FOIL’s Environmental Charges and Other Measures. Professional Indemnity Sector Focus Group.

Alan D Stuart Bruce Beveridge WS Managing Director, Stuart & Co Past President, Law Society of Scotland Alan Stuart is a projects lawyer based in For the last 20 years Bruce has operated as a Edinburgh with over 25 years’ experience in CEO, GC or Board Chair or Director, often at assisting clients to achieve their goals. Alan is times of significant change. He has amassed managing director of Stuart & Co which is a a very broad range of legal and organisational boutique Technology Law Firm. experience both strategic and operational. He is big on collaboration and passionate ​Alan specialises in technology projects, about supporting career development, and commercial contracts and related intellectual for more than a decade has facilitated at LBC property matters. He acts for major retailers, Wise Counsel’s unique and transformational life sciences companies, software companies in-house talent development programme. and space sciences organisations. Some career highlights are: Lord President’s ​Alan is a member of the Society for Legal Secretary; Deputy Keeper of RoS; Computers and Law, the International Bar Head of part of Rural Affairs in Scottish Association Space Law Committee and Government; Chair of thinkWhere Ltd, Office is a Member of the International Institute Bearer in the WS Society, CEO of BSAS and of Space Law; he is also a Writer to Her most recently CEO of Storas Uibhist in the Majesty’s Signet. Outer Hebrides - and of course President of Alan lectures in International and IT contracts the Law Society of Scotland. and is a consultant/adviser to other law firms.

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Catriona Headley David Greene Associate, Digby Brown; Trustee, SAMH Vice President, Law Society of England and Wales Catriona graduated with an LLB (honours) from the University of Glasgow in 2006 and David qualified in 1980, becoming a partner at completed the diploma in legal practice at Edwin Coe in 1984. He became Senior Partner the Glasgow Graduate School of Law the of the Firm in 2011. David is a litigator. He is a following year. She qualified as a solicitor in claimants’ practitioner and has specialised in 2009 and joined Digby Brown the same year. Group claims of all natures for over 25 years in the UK and the USA. Although in that context Catriona is an Associate solicitor in the David undertakes some personal injury Edinburgh office. She specialises in personal work his main focus is on commercial claims injury cases involving road traffic accidents, including competition claims and claims on accidents at work and general accident behalf of shareholders. He is Head of both the claims in the Court of Session and Sheriff Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and the Court. She has extensive experience of Group Action Litigation department. advocacy in the Sheriff Court. David is well known for his work on Brexit. Catriona is a Trustee of SAMH, Scotland’s He acted for one of the two claimants in the leadling mental health charity and was Article 50 litigation. He also chairs the Law President of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Society Task Force on Brexit. As such he has Association from 2010-2012. She is also a written and lectured in the UK and Europe on member of the Association of Personal Injury the issues that arise in relation to Brexit and Lawyers (APIL). civil justice. He has also provided evidence to the Commons and Lords on those issues. Craig Allan Legal Counsel in the Outsourcing, Deborah Ann Wilson Technology & IP Legal team, RBS Wilson Defence and Convener, Criminal Craig is a Senior Legal Counsel in RBS’s Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland Outsourcing, Technology & IP Legal team and Glasgow born and Dunoon raised Debbie provides legal advice across the bank’s full Wilson (McCuish), a law graduate of suite of technology, services and commercial Aberdeen University, spent a few years in contracts. Craig regularly advises on all private practice (Dundee and Aberdeen) areas of Fintech (including digitisation, before joining the local authority. There her AI, block chain, Open Banking and other remit was primarily legal work in support of new technologies); material outsourcings Roads Dept, Water Services and Social Work relating to major technology infrastructure; committees for over a dozen years. While intellectual property; entrepreneurship; and there she handled the ‘private prosecutions’ restructuring/regulatory projects. Craig was of the Education Department’s Truancy Sub- previously Corporate Counsel at a worldwide Committee which took her to joining COPFS provider of information technology services, (then called the Procurator Fiscal Service). where he provided legal and commercial advice on all aspects of IT infrastructure and By the end of some 5 years with the business process outsourcing services. prosecution she had worked in Dundee, Aberdeen, Shetlands, Fort William, Campbeltown, Paisley, Peterhead, Stornoway and many courts in between, ending her Procurator Fiscal service as the Procurator Fiscal at Peterhead. From there she jumped ship to the ‘other side’ and practiced initially in Macduff before opening her sole practitioner firm in Banff nearly 15 years ago.

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Speakers

Deborah Carroll Ewan Hall Procurator Fiscal Depute Legal Director at EO specialist Baxendale Advisory Deborah joined Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service as a trainee solicitor. The consultancy, which itself is employee- owned, has helped over 100 businesses to She spent 8 years at the Kilmarnock become employee owned. Procurator Fiscal’s Office as a Legal Assistant and thereafter as a Senior Legal Assistant. Ewan advises clients on commercial and In 2001 she was promoted into the first corporate projects, specialising in transition, of a number of legal management roles governance and ownership structures for which have included operational delivery, employee-owned organisations and social policy development, training and project enterprises, and in supporting employee- management. owned organisations post-transition. He has been advising on employee ownership She currently leads the Economic Crime since 2003 and has worked with dozens Team in Glasgow which specialises in the of employee-owned organisations. Ewan preparation and prosecution of fraud and began as a corporate solicitor with the embezzlement cases. With responsibilities firm Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, for operational delivery, Deborah has assisted where he ultimately became a partner and with the development of COPFS policy and head of the corporate group. He holds a has designed and delivered training, both number of trustee / trustee director posts internally and to external organisations, in with employee- owned organisations and this area. is regularly asked to speak at employee ownership events across the UK. Deborah McCormack Head of Early Talent, Pinsent Masons LLP Gordon Hunt Deborah graduated from the University of Head of Scholarship and Learning, Glasgow’s Law School in 1994. After a year The Robertson Trust travelling and working in the United States, Gordon Hunt joined the Robertson Trust Australia and South East Asia, including a as Head of Scholarship and Learning in placement with The National Coalition to 2017 after a career spent mainly in higher Abolish the Death Penalty in Washington education as a librarian, strategic planner and D.C., Deborah completed her Diploma in community engagement manager. Legal Practice at Glasgow University, going on to qualify as a Solicitor, specialising in He is a former Chair of the Scottish Library Corporate law, in 1998. and Information Council, Vice Chair of the Ayrshire College Foundation and Chair of Working in Scotland, London and Europe, Audit and Governance at Stow College. He Deborah moved from legal practice to help is currently Vice Chair of the Fair Access build the Learning & Development and Early Framework Governance Group. Talent functions at the law firm McGrigors. When McGrigors merged with Pinsent He is responsible for expanding and Masons in 2012, Deborah took on the Early developing the Trust’s work in widening Talent remit and now supports the global access to education and for developing business with recruitment & development the Journey to Success programme (a strategy for all emerging talent, including bursary and career development apprentices and graduates. A large part of programme for university students from the Early Talent remit focuses on diversity & disadvantaged backgrounds). He also has inclusion. Having been an active member responsibility for the Trust’s learning and and then Chair of the Institute of Student communications team. Employers Scotland & the North Steering Group, Deborah joined the ISE Board in late 2017 and was appointed Chair in early 2019.

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Frances McMenamin QC Jemma Neville Black Chambers Human rights activist and author of ‘Constitution Street’ Since admission to the Faculty in June 1985, Frances has practised almost exclusively in Jemma Neville has a professional background criminal law. in human rights law. She is Director of arts charity, Voluntary Arts Scotland, and was In addition to her work as defence counsel, the inaugural Community Fellow at the mostly in the High Court, her highly regarded Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities, experience has led, over the years, to a University of Edinburgh. Jemma has written number of appointments. Since 1991, she has for a range of print and broadcast media and been a visiting lecturer at The Scottish Police was shortlisted for the Guardian International College. She was a Temporary Sheriff from Development Journalism Award. 1991 until her appointment as an Advocate Depute in 1997. From then until 2000, she You can find her on twitter: @jemma_tweets prosecuted High Court trials and represented the Crown in the Appeal Court. Thereafter she returned to establish a very busy practise in the High Court as Senior Counsel for the Jennifer Dalziel OfGem defence, having taken silk in 1998. In 2009 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Jennifer is a solicitor qualified in Scotland by Strathclyde University. In 2010 she was with 11 years post qualification experience. appointed to be a member of the Scottish She is currently an in-house legal adviser in Criminal Cases Review Commission until the consumer and markets team at Ofgem 2018. In 2014, Lord Bonomy invited her to and provides legal advice to internal clients be one of his expert group to assist with his on a diverse range of matters. Prior to that Post Corroboration Review, published in April role, she worked for a number of years in 2015 and she receives many invitations to private practice, having completed her lecture on various aspects of criminal law and traineeship at DLA Piper and then working practise. She is the senior woman practising as a solicitor and senior associate in their at the Scottish Bar. Litigation and Regulatory team. Jennifer also worked for the Legal Services Agency and Just Right Scotland LLP as the Project Solicitor for the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre, Helen Arnot providing legal information and advice to Head of Legal, STV women affected by gender based violence and continues to work with the centre as a Helen is responsible for the legal and volunteer on its legal helpline. regulatory work across STV’s core businesses – Broadcast, Digital and Productions - and the operations of the STV Appeal and the Scottish Children’s Lottery (operated by an STV subsidiary as external lottery manager). With a focus on intellectual property law, the technology revolution and evolving media regulation, Helen has supported STV’s transformation from a commercial public service broadcaster to a multi-platform digital publisher. Diversity and change have characterised Helen’s STV years where the job has included legalling the scripts for Taggart; complying the seminal observational documentary Club Reps; and supporting STV’s news output as it has navigated shifting constitutional times. Helen sits on the Law Society’s Privacy Committee, and the BCAP Committee (regulating advertising practices).

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Jo Armstrong John Scott QC Economist and Honorary Professor of Solicitor Advocate Public Policy, Glasgow University John qualified as a solicitor over 30 years Jo’s career spans senior positions in the ago, having trained with leading Glasgow private, public and third sectors. firm Hughes Dowdall and Company, before moving to Edinburgh in 1988. By 1991, he As a business economist Jo worked in central was a partner in Gilfedder and McInnes government providing advice to Ministers on (subsequently known as Capital Defence housing, water and the budgeting process. Lawyers), at the time one of the largest In financial services, she was responsible criminal firms in Edinburgh. for risk management and financial analysis underpinning financing of large He obtained rights of audience before the infrastructure projects world-wide. High Court of Justiciary in 2001 and took Silk in 2011. Since then, he has been instructed Jo is active as a non-executive in various in some of the most significant, complex and organisations. She chairs Ofgem’s Expert high-profile cases of recent times. In some of Panel on network innovation and is a these, his arguments have helped to develop Member of the Water Industry Commission the law. for Scotland. She is also a Non-executive Director of the Wheatley Housing Group and is the Independent Chair of the West of Scotland HUB. Karen Pickering Chair of the Board of Directors, Jo was a Director of Fiscal Affairs Scotland, Page \ Park Architects researching and reporting on Scotland’s public policy and fiscal issues. She is a Fellow Karen joined Page\Park in 1992, having of the Institute of Directors and holds degrees graduated with a diploma in architecture in Economics. from The Glasgow School of Art and a Degree from Newcastle University. Karen is a driving force in the delivery of the P\P extensive portfolio of higher education buildings John Clark and Healthcare buildings. She holds RIAS Chairman, Novograf accreditation in both Conservation and John joined Novograf in September 1992 Sustainable Design. as Operations Director, moving on to She is the chair of the P \ P board of directors, successfully fill the role of Managing Director and a board member for both Women in and finally Chairman. He led Novograf Property Scotland and Scotland for EO. through the transition from a manufacturing Her standing in architectural and business company to a service focused brand communities is recognised by her continued realization business delivering specialist roles as an assessor for the Civic Trust surfaces, graphics and the ‘look & feel’ for Awards, and as a business contributor to the major retail brands across the UK. Scottish Government Economy and Fair Established in 1986, Novograf is a private Work Committee. company based in East Kilbride with over 70 employees generating approximately £10m in turnover. In December 2016, John managed the company’s transition to employee ownership by transferring 100% ownership to an Employee Ownership Trust. He joined the Scotland for EO Steering Group early in 2017 to help drive the creation and launch of Scotland for EO, the Industry Leadership Group for Employee Ownership in Scotland.

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Kim Pattullo Maggie Moodie Partner, Employment and Incentives, Chairman and Head of Public Sector, Addleshaw Goddard LLP Morton Fraser LLP Kim acts for clients in the logistics, transport Maggie is Chairman of Morton Fraser and a and aviation, oil and gas, private equity and partner in the firm’s litigation division. She regulatory sectors. She specialises in advising has specialised in commercial litigation, on restructuring and reorganisations, debt recovery and insolvency matters since Mergers & Acquisitions work, TUPE transfers, qualifying as a solicitor in 1993. Occupational Health law, troubleshooting In addition, Maggie leads our public sector relationship issues and resolving disputes team which, with over 80 public sector either via employment tribunal cases or specialists, is one of the largest in Scotland. helping clients find alternative ways of Morton Fraser acts for over 100 public sector resolving issues through mediation. clients including the Scottish Government, Kim provides specialist support and the UK Government and The City of employment law training for all levels of Edinburgh Council. management and is a highly regarded On her appointment as Chair of the firm, speaker on employment law. Maggie introduced agile working as part of Recently, Kim led the team acting in the a wider focus on employee wellbeing and largest equal pay employment tribunal organisational flexibility. The policy was litigation in Scotland involving approximately introduced in early 2018 and has helped 8,500 claimants. In an 18 month period, her retain and attract top talent. team settled £20 million of claims and 2,000 Maggie is named in The Lawyer 2019 Hot 100 settlement agreements were concluded. as one of the twelve lawyers within the list’s Leaders section. Lorna Jack Chief Executive, Law Society of Scotland Mark Gray Lorna has been Chief Executive at the Law Client Director and Claims Director, Society since January 2009. Since joining she Lockton Companies LLP has led the Society’s staff team in delivering a program of modernisation, which has Mark has a dual role at Lockton as a Client included improvements in the Society’s Director and Claims Director. He has transparency, governance arrangements, unsurpassed experience in all aspects of outreach to members and stakeholders and claims handling and management, having business efficiencies. Her current focus is on worked for RSA’s Master Policy claims team aligning the Society’s resources against its prior to taking up a claims director role for a strategy Leading Legal Excellence. major broker. Mark’s responsibilities include day to day client management and broking Prior to joining the Law Society, Lorna was and resolution of contentious and high value based in the United States, as President claims for professions clients. Americas for Scottish Development International, the Scottish Government’s trade and investment arm. Previously, Lorna was Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise Morven Hadden Forth Valley, one of 12 local enterprise Legal Director, Competition and companies covering Scotland. A chartered Markets Authority accountant by profession, and a graduate of Aberdeen University. Lorna is also chair of Highlands and Islands Airports Limited as well as a Trustee and Treasurer of the McConnell International Foundation. She is also an independent member of the court of University of Aberdeen.

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Professor Alan Miller Professor Graeme Roy Special Envoy of the Global Alliance of Head of Economics and Director of the National Human Rights Institutions and a Fraser of Allander Institute roster member of the Crisis Response Unit of Graeme re-joined Strathclyde in 2016 after 8 UNDP. Alan is also currently serving as Chair ½ years in the Scottish Government – where of the First Minister of Scotland’s Advisory he was formerly a Senior Economic Adviser Group on Human Rights Leadership. and head of the First Minister’s Policy Unit. Previously he held elected positions of Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission Graeme leads on the external engagement and Chair of the European Network of work of the department and the knowledge National Human Rights Institutions. As exchange activities of the Fraser of Allander a former practising lawyer he is a past Institute (FAI). President of the Glasgow Bar Association He is a member of the Scottish Business and he also continues to teach on the LLM Taskforce, an ex-adviser to the Scottish at the University of Strathclyde where he Parliament’s Economy, Jobs and Fair Work is a member of the Centre for the Study of Committee, Chair of the Economic Impact Human Rights Law. and Price Evaluation Advisory Group for Min Unit Pricing (Health Scotland) and a member of the Expert Payment Panel for Legal Aid in Professor Conor Gearty Scotland. Professor of Human Rights Law, London Graeme also leads on the Economic Futures School of Economics Initiative for Applied Economics in Scotland. Conor Gearty was born in Ireland and graduated in law from University College Dublin before moving to Wolfson College, Cambridge in 1980 to study for a Master’s Professor Sharon Cowan Professor of Feminist and Queer Legal and then a PhD. He became a fellow of Studies, University of Edinburgh Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1983 and in 1990 moved to King’s College London where Sharon Cowan is the Professor of Feminist he was first a senior lecturer, then a reader and Queer Legal Studies and the Deputy and (from 1995) a professor. He was Director Head of School at the University of Edinburgh of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights School of Law. Her research focuses on issues (2002-2009) and is Professor of human rights relating to sex/gender and sexuality across law in the LSE Law Department. Conor is the fields of criminal law, asylum and refugee also a barrister and was a founder member law, legal theory, and legal pedagogy. of Matrix chambers from where he continues to practise. He has appeared in human rights cases in the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. In 2012 he became Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Professor Vanessa Munro Affairs and in this capacity was responsible Professor of Law, University of Warwick for a crowd-sourced UK Constitution. Vanessa is a graduate, and former recipient of the Young Alumnus of the Year Award, from the University of Glasgow. She has published extensively on law and policy responses to gender-based violence, and on feminist legal and political theory more broadly.

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Rachael McLean Rona Paterson Head of Legal Modernisation, ACII – Trading Underwriter, The Scottish Government RSA Insurance plc Rachael heads up the Legal Modernisation Rona has been with RSA for 33 years and Unit, and is Interim Head of Business and is responsible for underwriting large Strategy, in the Scottish Government Legal professional indemnity and financial lines Directorate (SGLD). business connections. Rona has been involved in the day to day underwriting of After starting her career at McGrigors in the Law Society of Scotland account since commercial litigation, Rachael joined the 1995 dealing with many of the more technical Government Legal Service for Scotland in queries raised by both the solicitors and the 2008. Her work has involved advising policy brokers. She is also a member of the team colleagues and Ministers in areas including of underwriters who handle the renewal children and education, food safety and discussions and negotiations for the Master employment. She has worked on the team Policy each year. representing the Scottish Government at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and spent two years as a legal adviser at the Scottish Parliament. Rowan White She is currently leading an ambitious Vice President, programme to drive forward business critical Law Society of Northern Ireland improvement and modernisation work Rowan was a partner in Arthur Cox’s Belfast within SGLD. The aim is to make changes practice from 1996 until April 2018, when which support lawyers to deliver their work he took up a consultancy role. His practice more efficiently and effectively in a way that covers all areas of commercial property, protects their personal wellbeing. including acquisitions, disposals and leases for local, national and international clients, as well as property development and finance Rob Stephenson and corporate support work. Over the years, Founder, InsideOut he has been involved in many of the biggest and most complex property transactions in Rob Stephenson is a mental health influencer, Northern Ireland. campaigner, Board advisor and public speaker with the mission of inspiring the Rowan has been active in a number of creation of mentally healthier workplaces. He professional bodies over the course of experiences bipolar disorder personally. his career. He was Chairman of Antrim & Ballymena Solicitors’ Association in 1983 Rob is the founder of Inside-Out.org which and of The Belfast Solicitors’ Association publishes the InsideOut LeaderBoard, in 1991/92. He was a founder member smashing the stigma of mental ill-health by and the first Chair of The Northern Ireland showcasing senior leader role models with Commercial Property Lawyers’ Association lived experience. when it was established in 2006. Rob is also behind the InsideOut Mental Elected to the Council of the Law Society of Health Awards and the Leadership Charter Northern Ireland in November 2015, Rowan and is the Chief Catalyst of BetterSpace. has chaired its Client Complaints, Education and Home Charter Committees, as well as serving on numerous other committees and sub-committees. He also serves as a nominee of the Society on the Council of Legal Education.

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Rt. Hon Henry McLeish Sam Moore Former First Minister of Scotland Innovation Manager, Burness Paull and Law Society of Scotland Accredited Rt. Hon Henry McLeish began his political Legal Technologist career as an elected member in local government in 1974, and was leader of Sam is Innovation Manager at Burness Fife Regional Council for five years. In Paull, having previously practiced there 1987 he was elected as a member of the as a construction solicitor and a legal UK Parliament and acted as Minister for technologist. Sam’s original background was Devolution and Home Affairs in the Labour is computer science, before coming to the government from 1997 to 1999. In the first legal progression as a graduate. Sam’s role Scottish Parliament he was Minister for involves the assessment of new technology Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 1999, for increasing efficiency across the firm, and in 2000 he became First Minister of assisting clients with particular technology Scotland until 2001. Retiring from politics challenges, and ensuring that the firm has the in 2003, he is now an adviser, consultant, most up-to-date knowledge possible of the writer author and broadcaster and lectures quickly changing legal technology landscape. in the USA and elsewhere on the European Outside of his core duties at Burness Union and politics. He chaired the Scottish Paull, Sam is an advisory board member Prisons Commission, which produced a of Lawscot Tech, and teaches the Diploma report into sentencing and the criminal course ‘Introduction to Legal Innovation and justice system entitled ‘Scotland’s Choice’. Technology’ at the University of Glasgow In 2010 he conducted a major report on School of Law. the state of football in Scotland, which had been commissioned by the Scottish Football Association, and chaired a commission into sport requested by the Scottish government. Samantha Brown Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills He is now an honorary professor at Edinburgh University. Sam has extensive experience in the growing pensions buy out field and in the associated areas of benefit design and liability management, as well as on the Ruth Dearnley OBE pensions aspects of corporate activity. A CEO, STOP THE TRAFFIK Global member of the pensions litigation group, Sam Ruth became CEO for STOP THE TRAFFIK also has particular expertise advising both (STT) in May 2008 following participating claimants and defendants on High Court in its formation in 2005. With a law degree disputes and declaratory proceedings and and background in education, she inspires on matters before the Pensions Ombudsman. and enables people to transform the world Sam is listed in Chambers as one to watch around them. Utilising the power of people in her field. and technology, STT are working to prevent human trafficking globally through its innovative intelligence-led approach. By collecting, analysing and sharing data on human trafficking trends, hotspots and routes, we can predict and prevent traffickers from exploiting the vulnerable. Since 2016, STT’s geo-targeted campaigns have reached over 6 million, guiding people to make better, more informed choices, and to signpost those who need help to safe places for support. Ruth was honored with the award of an OBE in the 2014 British New Year Honours.

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Sarah Blair Sheriff A J M Duff Director of IT, Thorntons LLP Director of Judicial Institute for Scotland Sarah Blair has over 15 years’ experience in IT Sheriff Duff was admitted as a solicitor in and has spent much of her time leading and 1977. He worked as a procurator fiscal depute transforming the firm’s IT capabilities. between 1977 and 1981 in Lanark, Hamilton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Crown Office. Sarah specialises in developing and implementing IT strategies while delivering From 1981 until July 2004 he was in value to the firm through its investment in the private practice in Edinburgh as a solicitor latest legal technologies. She has a passion specialising exclusively in the area of for business-led innovation, encouraging criminal defence. He qualified as a solicitor understanding, adoption and exploration of advocate with criminal rights of audience new technologies, but always with a focus on in 1993 and subsequently conducted cases the problem that needs to be solved. before the High Court of Justiciary. He was appointed as a resident sheriff in the sheriff During her time at Thorntons Sarah has has court at Dundee in July 2004. In September spearheaded a number of major change 2011 he was appointed Deputy Director management campaigns to encourage of the then Judicial Studies Committee for adoption of new technology - Seeing IT as Scotland, which became the Judicial Institute an enabler and only bringing value when it for Scotland on 1 January 2013. He was enables people to work better. appointed Director of the Judicial Institute for Sarah is a member of the firm’s Operational Scotland on 1 September 2014. Board, Information Steering Committee and He has formerly been a member of the Research & Development Group, working following bodies: - with fellow Directors to meet the firms • Law Society Council strategic objectives and to drive forward • SSC Council business plans, as well as being the firm’s • McInnes Committee on Summary Justice Information Security Manager. Sarah is also a Reform member of LITIG group and the LawScotTech • McLeish Prisons Commission advisory board.

Sarah Hutchinson Siobhan Kahmann Managing Director, Barbri International Law Society representative for Scottish and Chair IBA Diversity and Inclusivity solicitors outside Great Britain and Council Associate, Covington Sarah qualified as a solicitor in England & Siobhan Kahmann is a senior competition Wales and practiced as a commercial lawyer in and tech lawyer working at a major US firm London before specialising in professional legal in Brussels. She is very active within the Law education. Society of Scotland, holding the position of Council member representing international In 2015, she joined BARBRI as Managing members, and is a member of the Tech Director, International. BARBRI meets the legal Committee, Competition Committee and education needs of law students and attorneys Trade Working Group. Siobhan is qualified throughout their careers. BARBRI’s Bar Review in Scotland, England and Wales, Ireland and has helped more than 1.3 million lawyers recently became an A-list Advocaat with the around the world pass a U.S. bar exam. Flemish Bar in Brussels. Sarah is Chair of the Section of Public and Siobhan has written about and spoken Professional Interest in the International frequently on many aspects of Brexit: Bar Association and a member of the IBA’s including analysis of how competition law management board. She also chairs the will be affected, the various different Brexit IBA’s Diversity and Inclusivity Council. Sarah models and their legal implications, and of was the Co-chair of the IBA’s Academic and course of the potential effects on practising Professional Development committee 2012- rights - for which she has been positively 2016, and she has previously chaired the involved in various discussions, to try to International Committee of the Law Society of safeguard Scots lawyers’ practising rights England & Wales. post Brexit in different jurisdictions.

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Stuart Clarke Teri Kelly Director of Legal Services at Scottish Director of Representation and Member Enterprise, Scotland’s national economic Services at the Law Society of Ireland development agency and a non- Teri is responsible for external departmental public body of the Scottish communications for the Law Society of Government. To achieve a lasting, positive Ireland, web and digital communications, impact on Scotland’s economy, Scottish and the award-winning Gazette magazine Enterprise works with partners in the private and Gazette.ie. Teri assists members of and public sectors to identify and exploit the the profession by providing member and best opportunities for quality jobs, business support services including library services growth and international success. and member communications. Teri leads Stuart is privileged to lead a legal team of 14 both the Small Practice Support Project and and panel of 4 law firms in such a dynamic the Professional Wellbeing Project on behalf and multi-dimensional political and economic of the Law Society. Teri has a special interest environment, with a key focus on outcomes in equality and diversity and is a member of and the power of collaboration. the Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. After joining Scottish Enterprise in 2005 and coming up within the ranks, Stuart came Originally from Calgary, Canada, Teri studied into post at the start of 2016. Before moving political science and international relations. in-house, Stuart worked for eight years as She has spent time in the energy, technology a corporate lawyer supporting mainly the and financial services sectors before moving Scottish M&A market. to the legal profession. Teri has lived all over Ireland for more than 15 years, spending periods in Limerick, Galway, Longford, Stuart Munro Leitrim and, now, Dublin. Head of the Criminal Litigation & Inquiries PAU Livingstone Brown ‘A tremendously hard worker who always Tom Stocker thinks outside the box’ – Legal 500, 2016 Partner, International White Collar Crime, Investigations & Compliance, Stuart Munro is the head of the Criminal Pinsent Masons LLP Litigation & Inquiries PAU. A criminal lawyer of over 25 years’ standing, he also has Tom heads Pinsent Masons’ White Collar considerable experience in child protection Crime, Investigations & Compliance practice. cases and civil litigation. Tom is experienced in cases concerning Stuart’s main interest is in white collar fraud, bribery, money laundering, export crime. He acted in a leading perjury case. controls, economic sanctions, tax offences, He has represented clients charged with criminal cartels, health and safety, and other complex fraud. His recent work has included regulatory offences. acting for a director of a FTSE100 company, Tom advises companies and individuals an administrator of a football club and a in respect of financial crime prevention; prominent politician. the conduct internal investigations; Stuart is the managing director of Livingstone investigations and proceedings by law Brown. He is a recommended lawyer in the enforcement bodies (in particular Police Legal 500 directory. He is a member of the Scotland, and the Crown Office and LSS’s Criminal Law Committee. Procurator Fiscal Services (COPFS)); self- reporting and non-prosecutorial resolutions; criminal defence; and public inquiries. Tom is ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for financial crime and health & safety, and as Scotland’s leading expert in fraud (criminal)(Legal 500).

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9 13 Barbri Millar & Bryce Interested in expanding your career options globally? Millar & Bryce has been BARBRI prepares you to qualify either as a U.S. supporting the legal Attorney through the New York or California Bar profession for over 140 years exams or as a Solicitor in England and Wales through providing title information, the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS). Our conveyancing searches and land reference services across the UK. flexible study options coupled with our Employing experienced and knowledgeable searchers in a variety of ground-breaking online technology provides you with the opportunity disciplines, the company combines time-honoured professionalism to balance study with work and personal commitments. Learn more at with modern-day innovation, supporting decision makers on buying, www.barbri-international.com selling, conveyancing and financing land and property transactions. The company also provide Plans Reports, helping Scottish landowners to meet changes in property law and impending 10 deadlines on essential land registration. Trinity College Trinity provides Secure English Language Tests (SELTs) across 14 PracticeEvolve the UK. These tests are approved for applications to UK PracticeEvolve is a Visas and Immigration (UKVI). SELTs are taken by people who need to game-changing practice demonstrate their English language level for the purpose of obtaining management solution for British Citizenship, Settlement or a visa for work or study. The SELTs modern law firms looking Trinity offers are: to realise their strategic ambitions. Combining document management and accounting functionality, we develop software that can be tailored • GESE: Graded Examinations in Spoken English – a 6 minute (A1), to suit the unique requirements and business workflows of mid and top 7 minute (A2) or 10 minute (B1) one-to-one conversation with a tier law firms. Committed to the on-going development of our software, Trinity examiner we let the needs of our clients drive the direction of our innovation. This • ISE: Integrated Skills in English – a contemporary four-skills unique understanding of how our clients operate enables us to build qualification widely recognised by UK universities efficiency-boosting technology that is innovative, easy-to-use and For more information, please visit trinitycollege.com/SELT scalable to accommodate business growth. Globally we have over 6000 users and 550 firms using our software to deliver timely, truly meaningful solutions to their clients. With 11 PracticeEvolve as the silent partner in your business, quietly Law Society of Scotland supporting your day-to-day operations, you can put your energy into what matters most – your clients. The Society offers a wide range of services and products to members including our professional practice helpline, CPD programme, career progression advice and access to member benefits. We also produce a range of guides to help support your business focusing on Cyber Security, Cloud and GDPR. Visit our stand to find out more about our services and how we can assist you as a member.

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15 18 Thomson Reuters The Coal Authority Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading The Coal Authority was established in 1994 source of news and information for to manage the effects of past coal mining professional markets. Our customers rely on across the whole of Britain. We place keeping us to deliver the intelligence, technology people safe and protecting and enhancing the and expertise they need to find trusted environment at the heart of everything that we answers. The Legal business of Thomson do. So it’s no surprise that we’re known as a Reuters delivers best-of-class solutions to trusted provider of coal mining information, help legal professionals practise the law, mining reports and advisory services to the manage their organisation and grow their business. Our solutions legal and property sectors. include Westlaw UK, Practical Law which includes the Scots Law Our commercial reports team specialise in providing expert advice Resource Centre, covering Commercial, Corporate, Employment, and mining reports to support residential and non-residential property Dispute Resolution, Family, Property and Private Client, Drafting transactions and land development. Assistant, Contract Express and W Green Online Commentary. For more information about the Coal Authority’s commercial reports, For more information, visit legal-solutions.co.uk products and services please visit www.groundstability.com

16 19 Highlander Eclipse Highlander are Scotland’s largest Eclipse, part of Capita Plc, is independent paper recycler. We can offer the leading provider of Case your business: Management, Practice • Reliable, secure and professional Management, Matter document destruction service for all your Management and Process sensitive data Management Software. Our • We can assist with archive clear outs, to Proclaim system is in use by over 25,000 professionals in a vast range regular collections using bags, consoles, or of sectors at 1,000 organisations. bins, as well as a drop off service Sectors catered for include: • Advice on your best way to ensure that your business is GDPR compliant. • Scottish law firms • We are fully audited members of the prestigious United Kingdom • Alternative Business Structures Security Shredding Association (UKSSA), as well as being accredited • In-house commercial to ISO 9001, 14001, 27001 EN15713 and OHSAS 18001. • Insurance and claims management • We guarantee to beat the price of your current shredding contractor • Charitable • Medical • Government 17 Our clients range from household name commercial organisations, The Cashroom through to niche market operators. Proclaim users include DJ Alexander and Drummond Miller. We provide outsourced legal cashiering, payroll, and management accounting services to small, medium and large law firms 20 throughout Scotland. Our team of Brewin Dolphin highly experienced accountants and Brewin Dolphin is delighted to be legal cashiers work with you to keep your accounting records up to the strategic wealth management date, and compliant with the Solicitors Accounts Rules. partner for the Law Society We work with any Practice Management System - our team simply log of Scotland. We are one of the UK’s leading wealth managers, onto your system remotely, and run your cash room, just like they were independently-owned, and listed on the London FTSE 250. Our in the room next door. Firms that use The Cashroom generally find a specialist wealth services are bespoke to matters concerning family, substantial cost saving, improvement in efficiency, and benefit from personal injury, company exits and for partnerships themselves. These our industry best practice. services can be trusted because they have been res earched, designed and developed with the help of solicitors to bring valuable advice to you and your clients. Our advice is given by wealth managers who have received training from lawyers about what matters to you.

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21 25 Sign&Send LawCare Printing, folding, enveloping, franking… LawCare is the charity that let Sign&Send do all that for you. Send promotes and supports good letters by first-class, second-class, and mental health and wellbeing registered post directly from Microsoft™ across the legal community in the Word. A few clicks and that’s it. Sign&Send UK and Ireland. Our confidential also lets you have documents signed online helpline is a safe place to talk without judgement. We’re here to in a legally-binding way. We offer firms of solicitors of all sizes the help, with calls answered by trained staff and volunteers who have opportunity to outsource their post rooms and to save time and first-hand experience of working in the law. We also have a network of money. Use stamps or a franking machine? You may be spending too peer supporters. much on your post. Laroque Software Limited is an Approved Supplier Life in the law can be tough . If you need to talk call our free, to the Law Society of Scotland. independent and confidential helpline on0800 279 6888 or find information, support and factsheets at www.lawcare.org.uk 22 HM Connect Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland HM Connect is the support and referral 26 (JABS) network for law firms in Scotland with a membership comprising over 30% of the JABS have been working closely profession. Driven by Harper Macleod, we with key partners in the justice family provide additional legal resources for to develop and implement a clearer those areas of law you don’t practice, and support for those that you do. description of the skills and qualities required by individuals who wish to It’s free to join and non-exclusive with collaboration at its core. HM hold judicial office. Connect ensures you keep your clients and maintain your position as their trusted, local law firm. The Board considered the question of what makes a person a good Our members are protected by a written non-poaching agreement, so judge, both now and, as far as we can, for the future guided by seven we truly can work together to give you an edge over your competition key principles. The Board take a holistic approach of these seven skills along with other benefits such as an attractive fee-share, enquiry line and qualities in making their recommendations for judicial office. and seminar programme. Board members are present today and would be pleased to answer your questions about our holistic approach. 23 The UK Law Societies’ Brussels office The Brussels office represents, 27 Will Relief supports and promotes UK solicitors in the EU. It also Will Relief Scotland is a fulfils an important public group of four Scottish interest function by making a positive contribution to the legislative charities working with process. In the ongoing Brexit negotiations, the Office is working people from some of the hard to ensure our members’ interests are put forward to our EU world’s poorest communities. Each year in September Will relief offers stakeholders. people the chance to have their Will drawn up professionally by a participating solicitor who has generously agreed to provide this service free of charge in return for a donation to Will Relief Scotland. Will Relief 24 Scotland are looking for more Scottish solicitors to partner with. West Lothian FoodBank We provide short term emergency food for local people in crisis in West Lothian. Our packs are designed to last 3 days; however, we are blessed enough to be able to add more & they last about a week. We offer a friendly listening ear to our clients with a hot drink, in the hope is we can signpost them for further help. It’s an honour to us to be the law society’s charity of the year.

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