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Access to Justice Committee
Jim Stephenson

Convener: Jim Stephenson

Secretary: Andrew Alexander ([email protected])

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The aims and functions are to:
  • promote access to justice for the public
  • identify barriers to access to justice and, where possible, work alone or with others to identify or implement solutions
  • monitor the supply of publicly funded legal assistance across Scotland, encouraging greater coordination of services
  • identify opportunities to promote pro bono work
  • build the Society's relationship with law centres, Part V solicitors, and other advice providers
  • examine how a range of funding sources for, and providers of, legal advice can be encouraged
  • liaise and negotiate with external organisations, such as Scottish Government, Citizens Advice and others
  • collaborate with other LSS committees, including Civil Justice, the Civil Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Mental Health and Disability, Equality and Diversity and Human Rights and Discrimination
Members

Jim Stephenson (Convener) 
Ben Christman*
Malcolm Combe 
Christina Cummings*
Louise Johnston*
Martin Jones*
Fraser Latta
Arlene McDaid
Hayley Mullen
Sheekha Saha
Susan Sutherland*
Robert Sutherland*
Andrew Alexander (Secretary)

Education and Training (Policy) Committee
Jim Stephenson

Convener: Jim Stephenson

Secretary: Rob Marrs ([email protected])

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The aims and functions are:
  • assure the quality of those admitted as solicitors in Scotland by review of policy and standards for pre and post-qualification education and training and to make recommendations to the Council
  • promote greater awareness of the education and training strategy of the Society
  • play a leading role in all thinking about legal education and training in Scotland
  • represent vigorously the Society's views to all other interested bodies, including the government and the universities
Members

Jim Stephenson (Convener)
Fiona Allison*
David Blair
Bernadette Campbell*
Chloe Corr*
John Logue
Prof. Kenneth Mackinnon*
Moria MacMillan
Thomas Muinzer*
Dean Purdie
Stephaine Switzer*
Rachel Wood
Rob Marrs (Secretary)

Public Policy Committee
Christine McLintock

Convener: Christine McLintock

Secretary: John Erskine ([email protected])

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The aim of the committee is to take a leadership role in the delivery of the Law Society's strategy, particularly the area under influencing the creation of a fairer and more just society and being an international centre of excellence in thought leadership, through the development of positions relating to public policy.

The committee (together with other committees of the Society) also has an aim of meeting the Society's statutory objectives of:

  • Supporting the constitutional principle of the rule of law and the interests of justice
  • Promoting the interests of consumers and the public interest generally
  • Promoting access to justice and competition in the provision of legal services
  • Promoting an independent, strong, varied and effective legal profession
Members

Christine McLintock (Convener)
Professor Alison Britton*
Fiona Closs
Sheelagh Duffield
John Maciver
David Mair
James McLean
Sheekha Saha
Drew Smith*
Lynda Towers
John Erskine (Secretary)

Subcommittees

Administrative Justice Sub-Committee
Richard Henderson

Convener: Richard Henderson

Secretary: Andrew Alexander ([email protected])

Banking, Company and Insolvency Law Sub-Committee

Convener: David Bennett

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Charity Law Sub-Committee
Stephen Phillips

Convener: Stephen Phillips

Secretary: Andrew Alexander ([email protected])

Child and Family Law Sub-Committee
Morag Driscoll

Convener: Morag Driscoll

Secretary: Marina Sinclair-Chin ([email protected])

Competition Law Sub-Committee
Stewart Hardie

Convener: Stewart Hardie

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Constitutional Law and Human Rights Sub-Committee
Charles Mullin

Convener: Charles Mullin

Secretary: Michael Clancy ([email protected])

Consumer Law Sub-Committee
Frank Johnstone

Convener: Frank Johnstone

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Employment Law Sub-Committee

Convener: Joyce Cullen

Secretary: Marina Sinclair-Chin ([email protected])

Energy Law Sub-Committee
Richard Hothersall

Convener: Richard Hothersall

Secretary: Gillian Mawdsley ([email protected])

Environmental Law Sub-Committee
Gordon McCreath

Convener: Gordon McCreath

Secretary: Alison McNab ([email protected])

Equalities Law Sub-Committee

Secretary: Marina Sinclair-Chin ([email protected])

Health and Medical Law Sub-Committee
Alison Britton

Convener: Alison Britton

Secretary: Brian Simpson ([email protected])

Immigration and Asylum Sub-Committee

Convener: Stuart McWilliams

Secretary: Marina Sinclair-Chin ([email protected])

Intellectual Property Sub-Committee
Jim MacLean

Convener: Jim McLean

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Licensing Law Sub-Committee

Convener: Archie MacIver

Secretary: Gillian Mawdsley ([email protected])

Marine Law Sub-Committee

Convener: Eleanor Lane

Secretary: Alison McNab ([email protected])

Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee
Adrian Ward

Convener: Adrian Ward

Secretary: Marina Sinclair-Chin ([email protected])

Obligations Sub-Committee
John Paul Sheridan

Convener: John Paul Sheridan

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Pensions Sub-Committee
Norman Dowie

Convener: Norman Dowie

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Planning Law Sub-Committee
Alastair McKie

Convener: Alastair McKie

Secretary: Alison McNab ([email protected])

Privacy Law Sub-Committee
Tim Musson

Convener: Tim Musson

Secretary: Carolyn Thurston Smith ([email protected])

Property and Land Law Reform Sub-Committee
Paul Connolly

Convener: Paul Connolly

Secretary: Alison McNab ([email protected])

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Jim Drysdale

Convener: Jim Drysdale

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Isobel D'inverno

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Gordon Whylie

Convener: Gordon Wyllie

Secretary: Alison McNab ([email protected])

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