Part of this year’s Crofting Law Conference (organised by the Crofting Law Group in association with the WS Society) will take the form of a hustings on crofting law. With the Scottish Parliamentary Elections looming there is great interest in crofting circles as to what the next Scottish Government might do to resolve the many problems in existing crofting legislation identified by The Crofting Law Sump Report.

The conference will take place at the Signet Library in Edinburgh on 17th March 2016 and is Chaired by Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt., QC, Chairman of the Crofting Law Group.

Brian Inkster, Hon Secretary of the Crofting Law Group, will provide an introduction as to where we are at with ‘The Crofting Law Sump’. Then Dr Aileen McLeod MSP, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform will keynote on the current Scottish Government’s position on crofting law. She will be followed by the ‘Views on Crofting Law from the Opposition’ from MSPs and representatives from other political parties. The crofting law hustings will culminate with an opportunity for delegates to put their own questions to the panel in a ‘Crofting Question Time’ session. Participants are:-

• Jean Urquhart MSP, Independent (moderating ‘Crofting Question Time’)
• Rob Gibson MSP, Scottish National Party
• Rhoda Grant MSP, Scottish Labour
• Tavish Scott MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Donald Cameron, election candidate for Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• Andy Wightman, election candidate for Scottish Green Party

Following on from the crofting law hustings several recognised specialist speakers will present on Crofting Succession and Crofting Mortgages and representatives from both the Crofting Commission and Registers of Scotland will be there to discuss current issues. There will also be a case law update. Speakers and panellists include:

• David Findlay, Solicitor, Crofting Commission
• Rod Maclean, Solicitor, Murchison Law
• Jill Clark, Head of Civil Law Reform Unit, Justice Directorate, Scottish Government
• Eilidh Ross MacLellan, Solicitor, Inksters
• Catriona Maclean, Chief Executive, Crofting Commission
• Martin Corbett, Head of Policy Development, Registers of Scotland
• Rhona Elrick, Registers of Scotland
• Donald Cameron, Westwater Advocates

WS/CLG member: £180 + VAT
Non-member: £205 + VAT
Trainee/student/retired: £115 + VAT

All rates include lunch at the Signet Library.

To book, please contact Nicole Hatch at the WS Society:-

0131 220 3249

E-mail: nhatch@wssociety.co.uk

Download: crofting law conference booking form

The event is supported by First Title and Wesleyan