Regulations roadshow - Perth

Morna Grandison BSC Tep’s primary role at the Law Society of Scotland is to take on Judicial Factory appointments made by the Court of Session. Working in the area of complex fraud investigation Morna represents the Society on a number of forums, identifying fraud trends and threats and problem solving ways to combat issues arising from the latest threat landscape.

David joined the SLCC in April 2010. As Head of Oversight and Communications, he is responsible for the area of the SLCC which oversees the way in which the Law Society and the Faculty of Advocates deal with conduct complaints. Oversight is also responsible for using insight from trends analysis of complaints data to inform the profession and the wider public through the SLCC’s outreach work. To that end, David makes regular appearances on the conference circuit, both nationally and internationally. David is the Commission’s representative on the SLCC’s Consumer Panel to promote the interests of legal consumers, particularly vulnerable clients. David is a member of the Cross-Party Group on Consumer Affairs in the Scottish Parliament, and he also writes regular features for the Scotsman and the Law Society Journal. Prior to working for the SLCC David held a variety of investigation and risk-based roles in both the public and private sectors. These included roles at the Scottish Legal Aid Board; National Australia Bank; KPMG; and Tesco Bank.

Margot joined the Law Society of Scotland in 1999 after many years in private practice as a court practitioner undertaking both criminal and civil cases. Margot heads up the Complaints Investigation Team which investigates and reports on conduct complaints about solicitors. Margot also oversees the work of the Clerks to the two Professional Conduct Sub Committees; which make the decisions on the complaints. The Clerks instruct one of the Society’s fiscals if a complaint is referred to the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal for prosecution and Margot also oversees this part of the process. Margot is involved with the SLCC in liaising on the categorisation of hybrid complaints, discussions regarding policy, process and the terms of the 2007 Act, handling complaints and the SLCC’s oversight of the Society’s complaints process.

Morna Grandison BSC Tep’s primary role at the Law Society of Scotland is to take on Judicial Factory appointments made by the Court of Session. Working in the area of complex fraud investigation Morna represents the Society on a number of forums, identifying fraud trends and threats and problem solving ways to combat issues arising from the latest threat landscape.