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. Gilbert Anderson is the Senior Partner of DAC Beachcroft Scotland LLP. He was formerly Senior Partner of Andersons Solicitors LLP until the firm’s merger with DAC Beachcroft in September 2012. These two speakers will discuss mergers in general, but will also touch on some of the wider issues affecting the Scottish Legal landscape at this dynamic time such as ABS and civil justice reform. Bruce Beveridge will be chairing the debate. 2. Changes to Employment Tribunal Practice Lunchtime seminar Innes Clark (Partner, Morton Fraser LLP) 17 Sept. 2013 Tuesday 1pm – 2pm New Employment Tribunal rules came into force on 29 July 2013 along with the introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees. This talk will look at the key changes in Employment Tribunal procedure brought about by the new Employment Tribunal rules including the new initial sift stage, preliminary hearings, interlocutory applications and the circumstances in which a claim or response may be rejected. Innes Clark is the head of Morton Fraser’s Employment Law Team and advises both employers and employees on a wide range of employment law issues. 3. Missives: Setting a New Standard Ian Ferguson (Partner, Mitchells Roberton) & Paul Carnan (Partner, Blaney Carnan) 19 Sept. 2013 Thursday 5.45pm – 7.15pm Combined Standard Clauses (2013 edition) – The 2013 version is due for release in Autumn 2013 and the changes will be highlighted and discussed and future developments considered. Builders’ Standard Missives - the holy grail? – Given the undoubted success of the various regional standard missives, the team behind the creation of the CSC, together with colleagues representing the housebuilding industry, believe that a similar initiative for housebuilders’ missives could become a reality. Ian Ferguson is a Partner in Mitchells Roberton specializing in commercial and domestic conveyancing, banking and security work. Paul B Carnan is a sole practitioner and has been a member of the Property Law Committee of the Law Society of Scotland since 1992. 4. Child Law Conference ½-day Conference Panel of 4 speakers – John Fotheringham (BTO), Amanda Masson (Harper Macleod), Sara Matheson (MTM Family Law) Sheriff Cubie (Glasgow Sheriff) 25 Sept. 2013 Wednesday 9.30am – 1.00pm This conference will focus on several different aspects of Child Law. John will look to discuss CSA Child Support, Amanda is going to discuss relocation, Sara will discuss children’s hearings and Sheriff Cubie is going to give us more information on Child Law. The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow September - November 2013 CPD Programme 5. A Renewable Energy Transaction – How to Protect a landowner Jacqueline Mitchell & Graham Bell (Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP) 26 Sept 2013 Thursday 5.45pm – 7.15pm As part of the core Renewable Energy Team, Jacqui provides advice on the wide range of legal documents required for a renewable energy Projects. Jacqui will provide an overview of the salient points in an Option and Lease Agreement from a developer’s perspective, with particular emphasis on the provisions in the drafts which a landowner’s solicitor should refrain from revising where possible. Graham is the Chief Executive in WJM. His work covers corporate finance, project management and governance aspects of renewables projects, and he also provides advice on general commercial matters. Graham will outline the corporate vehicles and structures which a landowner may wish to put in place in order to grant the option agreement and to which the landowner may wish the wind farm rent to be paid, all with a view to minimising a landowner’s tax liability, whilst having in place a structure which works for the developer. 6. PII Claims Profile and Risk Management Lunchtime seminar Russell Lang (Client Executive, Marsh Ltd) 2 Oct. 2013 Wednesday 1.00pm – 2.00pm This lunchtime seminar will be focusing on the current Master Policy claims experience. Russell Lang is a solicitor formerly in private practice for over 25 years specializing in commercial litigation, corporate and commercial and insolvency work. He joined Marsh in 2004 as part of the Scottish Solicitors team and since then has been exclusively involved in the broking and administration of the Law Society Master Policy for Professional Indemnity Insurance and in giving risk management advice and training to the Scottish Legal Profession. 7. Financial Guardianship and Power of Attorney John Kerrigan (Partner, Morisons LLP) 3 Oct. 2013 Thursday 5.45pm – 7.15pm With Scottish society living longer private client solicitors are increasingly having to deal with issues arising from assisting elderly/vulnerable clients and their families. In this seminar John is going to look to Powers of Attorney, Vulnerable Clients and Financial Guardianships and Intervention Orders. John Kerrigan is one of Scotland’s leading authorities in Will preparation. He is the author of the text ‘Drafting for Succession’ and he also recently penned a book called ‘Finance and the Older Client’. 8. Procurement Law/Legislation Roger Cotton (Partner, Brodies LLP) 9 Oct. 2013 Thursday 5.45pm – 7.15pm In this seminar Roger will explain why and how the specialist area of law can impact on the activities of public sector and utility purchasers and suppliers. It will include pointers on what to look out for, what the effect of the law is (and who it affects) and the consequences if things go wrong. Roger will also explain how a series of recent cases in the Court of Session are changing the procurement law landscape in Scotland – and the direction of change in the coming year. Roger Cotton is a partner with Brodies LLP and is accredited as a specialist in public procurement law by the Law Society of Scotland. He works with authorities and with bidders advising on procurement strategies, bid preparation, compliance issues and disputes in relations to major projects and routine purchasing. 9. Contract Law Update Professor Hector MacQueen (Professor, University of Edinburgh) 10 Oct. 2013 Thursday 5.45pm-7.15pm Professor MacQueen will review the recent decisions of the Scottish Courts in the field of contract law, whilst taking into account significant and relevant Scottish and English Law Commissions, notably on counterpart execution and consumer rights. Professor MacQueen has been a member of the Edinburgh Law School staff since 1979. Appointed to the Chair of Private Law in 1994, he was Dean of the Law School 1999-2003, and Dean of Research and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science in the University 2004-2008. 10. Personal Injury Conference Full-day Conference 11 Oct. 2013 Friday 9.30pm – 4.30pm The Royal Faculty and the GBA are delighted to be jointly hosting a full-day Personal Injury Conference. Speakers and topics for the Conference will include the following - Dr. Alan Carson - Whiplash and other Helpful Disorders; Chris Marney - Common Law Liability; Prof. Peter Lyons - Proof Questioning Techniques; Fraser Simpson - Dynamic Scotland: leading the way for victims of negligent asbestos exposure; Richard Pugh - Quantum Damages; and Sandy Forsyth - Scottish PI Cases Update. The seminar will qualify for 6 hours CPD time and will cost £80 for RFPG or GBA members (£120 for non-members). To book this Conference email [email protected] 11. Update on Financial Provision in Family Cases Anne Dick (Family Law Matters Scotland LLP) 17 Oct. 2013 Thursday 5.45pm – 7.15pm This seminar will provide an update on financial provisions in family cases, focusing on discretion demonstrating why this matters not only to family lawyers. Anne Dick is a solicitor who has specialised in Family Law for over 35 years and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Family Law Specialist. She is a partner in a niche family law practice which has just been set up called Family Law Matters Scotland. She was a part-time Tribunal Chairman for some years from 1986, first of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and then Child Support Appeal Tribunals and was for a time on the Training Committee of the Independent Tribunal Service. Anne has been involved in developing and presenting advanced mediation training in Scotland with fellow trainers in CALM as part of the CALM training team. 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