CPD Training

This training session will provide you with the skills necessary to conduct effective examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination of witnesses.

Across August and September, we will host a series of webinars designed to enhance your practical skills in oral advocacy and legal drafting, and to ensure you are up-to-date with the best practice in working with vulnerable clients and sensitive cases.

Our popular advocacy webinar series returns this year, tailored for experienced Solicitor Advocates as well as those aspiring to obtain higher rights of audience. The first session in the series will focus on the art of Oral Advocacy.

This essential session explores how Solicitor Advocates and those seeking higher rights of audience can adopt a trauma-informed approach in their advocacy, particularly when working with vulnerable clients or sensitive subject matter.

Join us for comprehensive updates on Construction law and practice.

With the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill finally in its third stage, understanding the legal differentiations and treatments of vulnerable victims, witnesses and parties has never been more important. Our one-hour webinar will explore current practices as well as future changes to ensure that you are prepared for the transformations coming to this area of advocacy.

Join us in September for our annual update on LBTT and ADS.

Our renowned advocacy webinar series is returning this year, designed for experienced Solicitor Advocates and those working their way towards attaining higher rights of audience.

Join us across two mornings for the second in our series of family law conferences for 2025. We will focus on recent legislative, policy and practice developments in children and family law.

AI is quickly incorporating itself into many of the practices and roles that exist in the legal industry, and advocacy is no different. Join our two-hour webinar to learn not only the ways in which AI is becoming involved in the court room, but also the practical skills you need to develop to ensure that you can start to implement AI confidently and responsibly.

Join us for an hour-long webinar that covering the current regulations in place and the position which the courts have taken in negligence claims against providers of cosmetic procedures.

Join us in Sep for an one-hour webinar will provide you with the necessary information and practice tips to feel confident when approaching cases involving contributory negligence.

The Chancellor’s Budget on the 30th of October 2024 contained sweeping changes to inheritance tax that will see long term implications for farmers and landowners in Scotland, effective from April 2026. This raised one overarching question: what can farmers do to protect their property and assets while planning for succession?

The Home Secretary recently published the Statement of Changes (HC 997) which announced a number of updates to the Skilled Worker visa to be implemented by July 22nd. But what are the long-term impacts and continued changes that the visa will have in the months to come?

Join us online this October for our annual AWI, Guardianship and Elder Client Conference. Taking place over the course of two mornings the conference will bring together industry experts to explore insights shaping the progress of estate planning and executries.

Watch the first in our series of 2025 conferences on family law matters.

Watch our annual Wills, Trusts and Executries Conference.

Watch our speakers reflect on the ethical challenges that can arise when acting for your client and discuss best practice guidance.

Watch our speaker discuss comprehensive updates and essential guidance on data protection rules and key practice considerations.

Watch our speakers discuss updates to third party rights to contracts in Scotland, with a particular focus on construction law and related case law.

Watch our expert speakers discuss 2024 Employment Law updates to prepare you to step into 2025.

Watch our first Family Law Conference of 2024, focusing on financial provisions upon separation and divorce. This conference brings together experts in the field to explore important insights into these often contentious cases.

Watch our annual Wills, Trusts and Executries Conference, where we bring together experts in the field to explore the latest insights shaping the landscape of estate planning and executries.

Watch our speakers delve into the most pressing issues in conveyancing practice in 2024.