Dear members
You will recall the COVID restrictions in 2020 meant that the Branch evening face to face CPD seminars were put on hold and then put online. The online seminars proved very popular with members and one of the benefits was that the online access allowed SOLAS members from any part of the country to attend the seminars via Microsoft Teams or GoToMeetings and such. The pool of speakers has also grown, as the speakers don’t have to travel to attend either. Because of this success, it has been decided that Branch committees will work together to provide CPD for 2022/23.
There will be an online evening seminar in November, December, January, February, May, June, August and October. In March and September SOLAS already provides an opportunity for CPD in the form of the National Seminars which are held during the day. July is holiday season so no seminars are proposed. In April, each Branch intends to hold its own AGM with its own speaker (and perhaps some of these may be held face to face instead of online). More details of the Seminars will be advised to you in due course by your Branch secretary. However, you will find a note at the foot of this e-mail with the proposed speakers and dates for the online seminars.
Please contact your Branch secretary if you have any queries and to request links for the seminars. If you have any suggestions for speakers or topics which you would like to be covered, do let your Branch secretary know and these may be included in the next syllabus.
Best wishes
SOLAS Branch Secretaries
Syllabus for 2022/2023
November - Edinburgh 16th November 22
Sarah Lonie, Anderson Strathern LLP - Considering efficiencies and common problems in Executries
December – Dundee 1st December 22
Blackadders – Party Do’s and Don’ts
January – Aberdeen 26th January 23 CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS WILL RESCHEDULE
Craig Pike, Ledingham Chalmers Private client Seminar
February – Glasgow 7th February 23
Alasdair Stewart, Natwest Fraud Education
March – National Seminar
April – AGM/ Individual Branch
April - Aberdeen 26th April 23
Craig Pike, Ledingham Chalmers Private Client Seminar
May – Aberdeen 23rd May 23 - CANCELLED - WILL BE RESCHEDULED
Catherine Hart, Professional Support Lawyer at Digby Brown Data Protection - The Fundamentals
June – Edinburgh 7 June 2023
Ian Burrell of Savendale CLS who is going to provide a Webinar entitled Update on Bonds of Caution and other Bonds.
July – NONE
August – Glasgow 29th August 2023
David White – Harper MacLeod Executry procedures
September – National Seminar
October - Dundee 24th October 2023
Law Society – Cashroom
November - Edinburgh 23rd November 2023
Aleks Tomczyk from Exizent
Bereavement Index Report 2023
January - Aberdeen 16th January 2024
Catherine Hart of Digby Brown - ‘Data Protection – the Fundamentals’
Could any member who is still to return their contact form to Joyce Forbes please do so.