The Glasgow Bar Association – Events
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(T)CPD Seminars to Look Forward to in 2026
View the upcoming Glasgow Bar Association seminars and CPD events for spring and summer 2026.
Interpretation of Rape Laws and Implications for the Right to a Fair Trial
Speaker: Claire Mitchell, KC
Mandatory Risk Management
Speaker: Catherine Hart, Digby Brown
Venue: Clayton Hotel, Glasgow
Time: 5pm to 7.30pm
Postponed until 17 March
Contempt of Court
How to get into it, how to handle it and how to get out of it.
Speaker: Paul Mullen, Solicitor Advocate, Partner, The Glasgow Law Practice
Time: 5.45pm via Zoom
Family Law Updates
Legislation and case law updates.
Speaker: Sheriff Clair McLachlan
AWI, Guardianships and Power of Attorney
Speaker: Mark Lunny, Lunny & Co Solicitors
Road Traffic Updates
Speaker: Michael Lyon, Michael Lyon Solicitors Ltd
Contempt of Court
How to get into it, how to handle it and how to get out of it.
Speaker: Paul Mullen, Solicitor Advocate, Partner, The Glasgow Law Practice
Time: 5.45pm via Zoom
S275 Updates
Speaker: Billy Lavelle, Solicitor Advocate
New Victims and Witness Bill
Speaker: Sheriff O’Mahoney
Family Law Weekend
Speakers: Lady Wise, Morag McEwan Advocate, Marie Clark KC, Sheriff J Guy, Bernadette Baxter and Desmond Cheyne KC
Venue: Marine Troon
Special Defences
Speaker: Graeme Brown, Solicitor Advocate, Bridge Legal
Prior Statements to Witnesses, Open and Closed Questions, Objecting in a Trial
Speaker: David Fisken, AD
Children’s Half Day CPD Seminar
Speakers: Ross Gibson, Practice Development Advisor for CYCJ, Amy Hunter Advocate, with more to be confirmed.
Topics: Children (Care and Justice) Act and the need for caution in children’s proceedings involving sexual offences.
Cohabitation Claims
Speaker: Lynne Collingham
Mandatory Ethics TCPD
Speaker: Gerry McWilliams
Venue: To be confirmed
Excellence in Advocacy Half Day Seminar
More information to be confirmed.
Book a Seminar
To book onto any of these seminars, or to request further information, please contact Lisa.
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