Convener: Iain Nicol
Secretary: Lucy Durie ([email protected])
- to promote the interests of solicitors by examining and questioning the current methods used to resolve all civil disputes
- to include a review of:
- the organisation of the civil courts
- use of information technology
- representation by solicitors at tribunals
- speculative and contingency actions and the insurance cover available
- the efficiency of the courts and the roles of the regular users
Members
Iain Nicol (Convener)
Ronald Conway
Jennifer Gallagher
Julie Hamilton
Mark Higgins
Nicola Irvine
Gordon Keyden
Graeme MacLeod
Cameron McNaught
Claire Mcpherson*
David Sandison
David Taylor
Patricia Thom
John West
Robert Wilson
Lucy Durie (Secretary)
Convener: Deborah Anne Wilson-McCuish
Secretary: Gillian Mawdsley ([email protected])
- to advise the Council and the profession on criminal law matters; to promote its reform; to respond to proposals for reform from bodies including the government and to enhance the profile of criminal law, encouraging best practice and professional ethics
- to improve the criminal law, both practice and procedure, in the Scottish legal system for the benefit of the public and the profession through lobbying for change and through responding effectively to criminal law reform proposals from Westminster, Holyrood, Brussels and beyond
- to advance the Law Society of Scotland as key in improving, commenting and analysing proposals for criminal law which emanate from the UK Parliament and UK ministries, the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government, the EU Commission and EU Parliament
Members
Debbie Wilson (Convener)
Vikki Bell
Dr Isla Callander
Professor James Chalmers
Gerard Considine
Elizabeth Dougan
Eamon Keane
Stephanie Hednry
Peter Lockhart
Murray Macara
Stephen McGowan
Mhairi McMillan
Rosalyn McTaggart
Stuart Munro
Grazia Robertson
Laura Sharp*
Gordon Williams
Gillian Mawdsley (Secretary)
- to engage with in-house solicitors and trainees (not working in private practice), ensuring the Law Society understands and serves their professional needs.
- to promote the interests and status of in-house solicitors and trainees.
- to encourage and assist in the development of better training of solicitors and trainees working in-house.
- to promote the value of employing in-house solicitors and trainees to organisations who do not currently employ solicitors or trainees.
Members
- Vlad Valiente (co-convener), Scottish Fire & Rescue Service
- Sheekha Saha (co-convener), Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Thembe McInnes (vice convener), Whyte & Mackay Ltd
- Michael Byrne, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Deborah Carroll, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
- Catherine Corr, Scottish Enterprise
- John Forsyth, Lloyds Banking Group
- Arlene Gibbs, Aberdeenshire Council
- Rachael McLean, Scottish Government Legal Directorate
- John Morrison, Phoenix Group
- Norma Shippin, Central Legal Office
- Gregor Watt, Lloyds Banking Group
Conveners:
- Ian Moir
- Mark Thorley
Secretaries:
- Marina Sinclair-Chin ([email protected])
- Gillian Mawdsley ([email protected])
- to negotiate with Scottish Government, the Scottish Legal Aid Board and other relevant organisations on legal aid issues
- to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of summary and solemn reforms
- to communicate effectively the Society's work on legal aid
- to undertake any other work necessary to deal with legal aid issues affecting practitioners
Members
Ian Moir (Co-convener, criminal)
Mark Thorley (Co-convener, civil)
Stephen Biggam
Jack Grant
Gordon Martin
Grazia Robertson
Convener: Deborah Lovell
Secretary: Gillian Alexander ([email protected])
- to consider matters relating to the law and practice of conveyancing
- where appropriate, to provide guidance and information to the profession
Members
Deborah Lovell (Convener)
Fiona Alexander
Elspeth Annan
Anne Boyd
Lindsay Darroch
Derek Duncan
Struan Ferguson
Fiona Gibb
Emma Gray
Niall MacDonald
Ross MacKay
Gemma McClelland
Rob McIntosh
Donald Reid
Frances Rooney
John Sinclair
Brian Smith
Ann Stewart
Gillian Alexander (Secretary)
Convener: Karen Leslie
The Accredited Paralegal Committee takes decisions in response to applications for entry to the scheme, in respect of entry standards and the ‘character and suitability’ requirements. The committee also approves any new practice area in which an accredited paralegal is accredited.
Members
Karen Leslie (Convener)
Fiona Allison*
Elaine Campbell*
Sharon Connelly*
Denise Loney
Caitlyn Maccabe
Laura Mack*
Dorothy Nicholson*
Sandra Reid*
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Convener: John McKinlay
- to consider matters relating to the technology law and/or practice, and where appropriate
- to provide guidance and information to the profession as it relates to all areas of their professional practice
Members
John McKinlay (Convener)
Philip Allenby
Abbe Brown
Helena Brown
Stuart Cross
Andrew Farquhar
John Forsyth
Justin Henderson
Siobhan Kahmann
Pauline McBride
Ashley McLean
Ramsay Milne
Iain G Mitchell QC
Stuart Munro
Tim Musson
Callum Sinclair
Martin Sloan
James Stevenson
Alasdair Thomson
Antony McFadyen (Secretary)
