Past CPD Seminars
A list of previous CPD events is available below.
| Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 24/05/2012 | Expert Witnesses and their Contribution to Solicitors' Practice | Dr Harry Brünjes (Governor, Expert Witness Institute) |
| 31/05/2012 | Family Fortunes – family law and planning for the future | Amanda Mason (Partner, MHD Law) |
| 14/06/2012 | Procedure in Appeals | Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen |
| 20/06/2012 | Conveyancing Law (1/2 day seminar) | Professor Stewart Brymer (Stewart Brymer WS); Kennedy Foster (Council of Mortgage Lenders, Scotland); John Scott (The Law Society of Scotland); Professor Robert Rennie and Michael Nicholson (Harper MacLeod LLP) |
| 04/07/2012 | TANQ Summer Social | |
| Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2011 | SLAB Online Submission of Accounts | Diane Ireland and Steven Carrie (Scottish Legal Aid Board) |
| 2 June 2011 | The Law of Diligence: "all changed, changed utterly" | Professor Gerry Maher (University of Edinburgh) |
| 01/09/2011 | The Future of Missives? The Combined Standard Clauses revisited and Electronic Missives | Paul Carnan (Blaney Carnan), Ian Ferguson (Mitchells Roberton) and Paul Logan (Managing Director, Yooseful Technology) |
| 06/10/2011 | Solicitors' Obligations in Money Laundering | Stephen Docherty (Partner, Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP) |
| 29/09/2011 | Fatal Accident Inquiries | Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart |
| 20/10/2011 | Legal Research for the Modern Lawyer | Gill Black (Head of Knowledge Management, Biggart Baillie LLP) |
| 22/09/2011 | Law Society of Scotland Update | Cameron Ritchie (President, Law Society of Scotland) |
| 13/10/2011 | Civil Decisions: an update | Sheriff Lindsay Foulis |
| 27/10/2011 | Advice to Cohabitant Clients – post Gow v Grant | Tom Quail (Partner, Andersons Solicitors LLP) |
| 03/11/2011 | Latest Initiatives in the Sheriff Court | Sheriff Ken Mitchell and Sheriff Alan Mackenzie |
| 16/11/2011 | Personal Injury and Quantification of Damages (1/2 Day Conference) | Charles Hennessy (Partner, Charles Hennessy & Co.), Andrew Ireland (Partner, Andersons Solicitors LLP), Kate Bennett (Partner, HBM Sayers) and David Wilson (Partner, Digby Brown) |
| 01/12/2011 | Innovations of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 | Morag Jack (Advocate, Murray Stable) |
| 10/11/2011 | Taylor Review Debate | Sheriff Principal James Taylor, Gilbert Anderson (Andersons Solicitors LLP) and James Sandison (Lawford Kidd) |
| 26/10/2011 | The BAD Act – where are we now? (1/2 day conference) | Tom McEntegart (Anderson Fyfe LLP), Brian Cameron (Macdonalds), James Lloyd (Harper MacLeod LLP), |
| 15/09/2011 | Judicial Review - recent developments | Professor Chris Himsworth (Professor of Administrative Law, University of Edinburgh) |
| 24/11/2011 | Account Rules, Fraud and Risk Management | Morna Grandison (Head of Interventions, Law Society of Scotland) |
| 17/11/2011 | Conveyancing Opinions of Professor Robert Rennie - a year in retrospect | Professor Robert Rennie (Partner, Harper MacLeod LLP) |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09.06.10 | Professor Stewart Brymer (Stewart Brymer WS and University of Dundee, John Glover and Sandy McNeil (Registers of Scotland),Professor Roddy Paisley (University of Aberdeen), Dr. Ross G. Anderson (University of Glasgow) | Half-day Conveyancing Conference - E-conveyancing: the future here today?; ARTL & Land Register Policy; The Offside Goals Rule in Practice and Access Rights and Common Property. |
| 03.06.10 | Nick Holroyd (Terra Firma Chambers) | Trustees’ Liabilities |
| 27.05.10 | Anthony Jones (Partner, Brechin Tindal Oatts) | Solicitor Advocacy - Wigs, gowns and Thomson - what do clients really want? |
| 26.05.10 | Kenny Bayne (Law Accountant) | TANQ Seminar - The importance of expenses |
| 20.05.10 | Derek Allan (Partner, Brechin Tindal Oatts) | Professional Negligence |
| 13.05.10 | Barry Divers (Advocate, Advocate-Depute attached to the Confiscation Unit of Crown Office) | Proceeds of Crime |
| 06.05.10 | Roddy McIlvride (Faculty of Advocates) | Contractual Interpretation - Back to the plain meaning of words? |
| 29.04.10 | Angus MacLeod (Partner, Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP) | Intellectual Property |
| 22.04.10 | Joanna Brynes (Partner, Young and Partners) | Liquor Licensing: practical advice for those involved in licensed premises transactions |
| 08.04.10 | Mark Higgins (Partner, Irwin Mitchell) | Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010 |
| 31.03.10 | Chris Horne | TANQ Seminar - Networking |
| 18.03.10 | Ewan Hall (Partner, Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP) | Employee Buyouts and Employee Ownership |
| 11.03.10 | Colin McDougall (Trust Negotiation) | Negotiation - Good Business Practice - Life or Death |
| 09.03.10 | Mike Dailly (Govan Law Centre), Ian Smart (Law Society of Scotland), John McGovern (Glasgow Bar Association) and Alan Campbell (Dundas & Wilson) | Legal Services (Scotland) Bill - Open Debate |
| 04.03.10 | Charles Hennessy (Partner, Charles Hennessy & Co) | The New Sheriff Court Personal Injury Action Rules |
| 25.02.10 | Annette Menzies (Partner, French Duncan) and Eileen Blackburn (Partner and Head of Business Recovery, French Duncan) | Director’s Duties – Surviving the Downturn |
| 18.02.10 | Kevin Dillon (Director of Operations, Stirling Park) | The Bankruptcy & Diligence Etc (Scotland) Act 2007 – the Changes and the Practicalities |
| 11.02.10 | Andrew Otterburn (Otterburn Legal Consulting) | The Cost of Time Survey 2009 – key results and benchmarks (Management CPD) |
| 04.02.10 | Michael Dean (Head of EU, Competition & Regulatory Practice, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP) | Procurement Law Update including FOI Issues |
| 28.01.10 | Alan Nelson & Scott von Poulton (Dundas & Wilson) | Data Security - Prevention is Better than Cure |
| 27.01.10 | Shan Shori (PSL, Dundas & Wilson) | TANQ Seminar - The Companies Act |
| 21.01.10 | Ken Gerber (Partner, Anderson Strathern LLP) | Commercial Leases: Repairs, Insurance and Dilapidation |
| 14.01.10 | Douglas Mill (Director of Professional Legal Practice, University of Glasgow Law School); Walter Semple (Partner, Walter Semple); Brian Middleton (Managing Director, The 360 Legal Group Scotland) | Networks Seminar - The role of the network model in the future of legal practice in Scotland - Interactive discussion Management CPD |
| 13.01.10 | Ian Ferguson (Partner, Mitchells Roberton) | TANQ Seminar - The Legal Reform (Scotland) Bill , ABS and your future. |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 02.12.09 | Panel: Raymond Williamson (Employment Judge), Iain Mitchell QC (Faculty of Advocates) and Alan Eccles (Associate, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP) | TANQ Xmas Social |
| 26.11.09 | Alasdair Burnet (Advocate, Terra Firma Chambers) | Planning and Environmental Law Update |
| 19.11.09 | Bruce Ritchie (Law Society of Scotland) & Fiona Westwood (Westwood Associates) | Providing legal services – our unique selling point |
| 12.11.09 | Dr. David Nichols | The Scottish Law Commission's Succession Report |
| 05.11.09 | David Parratt (Advocate, Terra Firma Chambers) | New Deployment of Dispute Resolution techniques in the 21st Century: Serving the client and preserving the solicitor/client relationship |
| 29.10.09 | Christian Marney, Advocate – Murray Stable | Employment Law Update |
| 28.10.09 | Sheriff Principal James Taylor | TANQ Seminar - How to Irritate Your Sheriff in 10 Easy Lessons |
| 22.10.09 | Jonathan Edwards (Law Practice Consultancy) | Protect and Survive! A quick guide to understanding (and prospering from) the technology explosion coming to your legal practice. |
| 19.10.09 | Keynote speaker: Lord Justice Clerk Lord Gill. Other speakers include: Kenny MacAskill MSP, Sheriff Principal James Taylor, Nick Ellis QC and Robert Carr (Partner, Anderson Strathern LLP) | Civil Courts Review (Half-Day Seminar - 3 hours CPD |
| 08.10.09 | rofessor Kenneth Ross (Partner, Brodies LLP) | Conveyance of Common Property - Where are we now following the PMP case and its aftermath? |
| 01.10.09 | Alistair Sim (Director, Marsh Finpro National Division, Marsh Ltd) | Risk Management Workshop |
| 24.09.09 | Alan McMillan (Partner, Burness LLP MNP) | Property Disputes 2009 |
| 17.09.09 | Deborah Lovell (Partner, Anderson Strathern LLP) | Stamp Duty Land Tax |
| 10.09.09 | Paul Carnan (Principal, Blaney Carnan Solicitors) and Ian Ferguson (Partner, Mitchells Roberton) | The Combined Standard Missives 2009 |
| 09.09.09 | Speaker: Iain Mitchell Q.C. (Faculty of Advocates) | TANQ Seminar - Video Killed the Radio Star - Did the Buggles Get It Right? |
| 03.09.09 | Ewan Hall (Partner, Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP) | Companies Act 2006 - final implementation |
| 04.06.09 | Kenneth MacKay: Partner, Turcan Connell | Drafting Real Burdens and Servitudes |
| 28.05.09 | Shona Simon: Vice-President, Employment Tribunals (Scotland) | Latest Developments in Dispute Resolution and Employment Tribunal Procedure |
| 21.05.09 | John Kerrigan: Partner, Maxwell Maclaurin | Recent Trends in Will Drafting |
| 14.05.09 | Andrew Ireland: Partner, Andersons Solicitors LLP and Sheriff Ken Mitchell | Personal Injury Update |
| 13.05.09 | Darina Kerr: Partner, Dundas & Wilson | TANQ - Introduction to Commercial Leasing |
| 07.05.09 | Douglas Mill: DM Consulting | Surviving the Recession |
| 30.04.09 | David Bartos: Faculty of Advocates | Arbitration (Scotland) Bill 2009 |
| 23.04.09 | John Grant: Associate, Wright, Johnston & MacKenzie LLP | Managing a Redundancy Consultation |
| 16.04.09 | Ian Bowie: Partner, MacRoberts and Gillian Craig: Associate MacRoberts | A Guide for Landlords of Failing or Insolvent Tenants |
| 26.03.09 | Philip Yelland: Director of Standards (Law Soc. of Sc.) and Mary McGowan: Head of Regulation Liaison (Law Soc. of Sc.) | New Complaints Regime |
| 12.03.09 | Nicholas Holroyd: Faculty of Advocates | TANQ Seminar - Some Thoughts on the Scottish Bar |
| 05.03.09 | Peter Trotter and Martyn Shaw: MacRoberts LLP | Pension Schemes and Commitments in a Difficult Financial Climate |
| 26.02.09 | Derek Francis: Faculty of Advocates | Adults with Incapacity; an eclectic commentary and update |
| 19.02.09 | Cowan Ervine: University of Dundee | Consumer Protection from Unfair Practices Regulations 2008: a revolution in consumer protection |
| 12.02.09 | Fiona Westwood: Westwood Associates | 2009 and Beyond – remaining positive and making the most of the market |
| 05.02.09 | Ewan Miller (Partner, Thorntons LLP) | Revising Commercial Leases |
| 28.01.09 | David Green: Divsional Procurator Fiscal (Central & West Glasgow) | TANQ Seminar - The Role of the Procurator Fiscal |
| 22.01.09 | Euan Smith: Partner, McGrigors LLP | Senior Executives - Terminating Employment and Moving On |
| 15.01.09 | Frank Johnstone: Partner, McClure Naismith LLP | Consumer Credit Act 2006: an update |
