Date: 4th September 2019
Time: 15:45 - 17:30
Location:
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
12 Nelson Mandela Place
Glasgow
G2 1BT
CPD Hours: 1hour 30minutes
Whether you interact daily with property transactions or simply need a general understanding of the workings of Registers of Scotland as part of a varied in-house role, join us for this tailored update and all the latest news from RoS.
1.5 hours verifiable CPD
Whether you interact daily with property transactions or simply need a general understanding of the workings of Registers of Scotland as part of a varied in-house role, join us for this tailored update and all the latest news from RoS.
Jennifer Henderson, Chief Executive and Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, will focus on both present and future priorities for RoS including: information on RoS’s corporate plan, progress with land registration (including arrears eradication), current products and services, and delivering an effective service for customers. Matthew Smith, from the registration adviser team, will look at some of the more practical aspects of the registration process.
Jennifer and Matthew are keen to deliver a session tailored to the audience, so we want to hear from you. Please send any comments or questions in advance to [email protected] and the RoS team will make sure these are answered.
The session will cover:
- RoS work and priorities – past, present and future
- Corporate plan, land registration progress and arrears
- Overview of registration
- Creating and updating title sheets
- Aspects of post-registration
- ScotLIS
- Q&A session
Jennifer is the Chief Executive and Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, which is the government body responsible for compiling and maintaining 20 public registers in Scotland, including the oldest national Land Register in the world.
Jennifer has been with the UK Civil Service since 1994. Prior to her current role she was at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, where she supported the initial phase of the Building Safety Programme established in response to the fire at Grenfell Tower.
Jennifer’s previous roles include two different Executive Director positions (Operations Director and Transformation Director) at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl – an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence that employs 4000 staff delivering innovative science and technology to underpin the defence and security of the UK), where, in 2017, she received an a UK Women in Defence Award for the promotion of gender equality within Dstl.
In parallel with these roles Jennifer was also a Non-Executive director of Ploughshare Innovations Ltd, which supports the spin-out of defence technology into civilian applications.
Jennifer is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Matthew has work for the Registers of Scotland since 1999. In that time, he has worked in most of the registration areas, including mapping and legal examination. He spent several years in the legal service department which included the pre-registration enquiry service. He was part of the team that led and implemented the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 and had a spell at Scottish Government working on the Land reform (Scotland) Act 2016. Latterly he has been working as part of the senior registration adviser team and the post registration equity team. In his spare time Matthew is a keen cyclist taking part in cycle cross racing and helping to organise the Scottish Cross-Country Mountain bike series
