
Seminars
What you get
Speaker: Stephen Vallance
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
Time flies, particularly in the legal world. With so many demands on your time as a lawyer, how do you fit everything in? This 2 hour session will look at the importance of time management and prioritisation.
Speaker: Tom Quail
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
This seminar will look at failure to comply with court orders for contact or residence, as well as the often acrimonious relocation of children.
Speaker: Tim Edward
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
Risk Management and Compliance are now priority areas for all practices and practitioners and recent changes to regulations have led to firms and their employees receiving substantial penalties for not adhering to these rules.
Speaker: Lorna Christine
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
Modern families introduce a range of legal issues around succession, tax and securing family wealth. This seminar will look at some key points about avoiding traps when dealing with the complexities of families.
Speaker: Stephen Vallance
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
In this 2 hour session we will explore the legal markets, current regulatory issues and the challenges and opportunities that you and your firm may encounter as you begin your career.
Speaker: Ken Gerber
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
Failing to understand how a rent review clause, especially an inflation linked rent review clause, works in practice can have vastly expensive consequences for the client as well as possible complaints and claims against solicitors.
Speaker: Andrea McLellan, Of Counsel, CMS
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
This course will consider the key terms of an energy project option and lease and key issues to consider when carrying out title diligence.
Speaker: Lorna Christine
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
This session will cover the classic bases for dispute in this area and also try to give you clever tools to avoid these situations.
Speaker: Iain Sim
1:30-5:30pm; 4hrs CPD
A 4 hr course designed to satisfy LSS Peat 2 requirements, exploring the importance of ethical behaviour, the core values of professional practice, and illustrating the creation and enforcement of ethical issues.
Speaker: Stephen Vallance
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
Getting our message over clearly and in a way that makes the best impression has never been more important In this 2 hour session we will look at the theory behind effective business communication and best practice for presentations.
Speaker: Stephen Vallance
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
In this 2 hour seminar we will look to develop delegates awareness of how to identify opportunities, bring in new business and assess their own personal impact.
Speaker: Lorna Christine
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
This webinar is a chance to step back and consider the key parts of an executry. The session will be useful for those new to this work as well as more experienced practitioners.
Speaker: Lynn Richmond
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
With long awaited changes to the data protection regime now progressing, this seminar will recap on the current landscape in terms of GDPR, UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
Speaker: Stephen Vallance
2-4pm; 2hrs CPD
This 2 hour session will help delegates identify different character types, understand trigger points that can lead to conflict and explore an array of tools to deal with potential issues when they arise.
Speaker: Frances Rooney,
Lexares LLP
2pm - 5pm; 3hrs CPD
Frances Rooney, formerly of Harper Macleod and founding member of Lexares LLP, is a recognised expert on land registration and property law.
Speaker: Laura Mclean; Dr Anne Woodhouse; Karen Gibbons; Alexis Harper
1-5pm; 4hrs CPD
Join our outstanding panel for this 4 Hour session designed to cover the most important areas of legislation and hopefully provide you with the most current and relevant practical guidance.
Speaker: Lorna Christine
3hrs CPD
Last October’s Budget shook up some things. There were some material changes to inheritance tax , Capital gains tax was affected and It made significant changes to how estate planning happens. Many clients have needed to change tack and promptly
Speaker: Lorna Christine, Blackadders
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
Lorna Christine speaks on the pitfalls and possibilities of protecting the family home, including inheritance tax, the technicalities of gifting homes, and care home planning.
Speaker: Iain Sim
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
Money laundering is an ever present (and ever evolving) threat. As such, AML compliance must remain a priority area for all solicitors.
Speaker: Stephen Vallance
2-5pm; 3hrs CPD
This 3 hour session is aimed as those looking to develop their commercial skills with a view to progression within their firm.
Speaker: Tom Quail
3hrs CPD
A new Bill will be presented to the Scottish Parliament to reform the present law. The talk will be of interest to lawyers who specialise in family law but equally those lawyers for which family law is part of their general practice.