Crofting Law Conference 2011
18 August 2011
Brian Inkster as Hon. Secretary of the Crofting Law Group has been organising, with the WS Society, this year's Crofting Law Conference. The full Programme was finalised and published for the first time today. Inksters' Eilidh Ross will be speaking on 'Options for renewables on croft land and common grazings' in the afternoon session on Renewables and Crofts. The Conference will take place at the Signet Library, Edinburgh on Thursday 22 September 2011. The full programme is:-
9.30 - 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 - 10.15 Introduction
Lord McGhie, Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland
10.15 - 10.35 Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010: The future of crofting in Scotland
Jamie McGrigor MSP - Convenor of the Scottish Parliamentâs Cross Party Group on Crofting
10.35 - 11.15 Implementation of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010: Views from the Government
Iain Dewar, Directorate General of Governance, The Scottish Government
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee
11.45 - 12.15 Crofting Register - Update
John King, Registration Director, Registers of Scotland
12.15 - 12.30 Community Mapping
Derek Flyn, Croft Consultant
12.30 - 13.00 Implementation of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010: Panel session - Q&A
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.15 Renewables and Crofts
âĒ Call for a âCrofter Renewables Actâ
Calum MacDonald, former MP for the Western Isles
âĒ Options for renewables on croft land and common grazings
Eilidh Ross, Solicitor, Inksters Solicitors
âĒ Some issues for renewable hydro developments
Robert Sutherland, Advocate
15.15 - 15.45 Tea
15.45 - 16.15 Recent case law
Neil MacDougall, Advocate
16.15 - 16.30 Q&A and close of the conference
Rate
WS and Crofting Law Group members: ÂĢ150 plus VAT
Non-members: ÂĢ200 plus VAT
LL.B Students: ÂĢ75 plus VAT
CPD 5 hours (Law Society of Scotland)
Rate of VAT: 20%
Crofting Law Conference 2011 - Programme and Booking Form
Book online via the WS Society
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