AGM2008: The Law Society of Scotland

^{AGENDA for the 59th Annual General Meeting of}

^{The Law Society of Scotland}

^at

^{The Hub, Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh}

^{on Thursday 22nd May 2008 at 10.30am.}

^{A. FORMAL BUSINESS}

^{1. Order of Business.}

^{2. Approval of the Minute of the Annual General Meeting held on 9th March 2007.}

^{3. Approval of the Minute of the Special General Meeting held on 28th September 2007.}

^{4. President’s Address – Report of the Council.}

^{5. Statement of the Accounts of the Society and Report of the Auditors for 2007.}

^{6. Statement of Accounts of the Scottish Solicitors’ Benevolent Fund for 2007.}

^{7. Report by the Council and Statement of Accounts of the Scottish Solicitors’ Guarantee Fund and Report of the Auditors for 2007 and presentation on the Guarantee Fund by Alistair Morris, Convener of the Guarantee Fund Committee.}

^{B. PRESENTATIONS}

^{8. Presentation on the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, its levy and the Standards Project by Philip Yelland, Head of Regulation.}

^{9. Presentation on progress on the Education and Training Review by Christine McLintock, Convener of the Education and Training Committee.}

^{10. Presentation on the current state of the summary criminal justice reform proposals by Oliver Adair, Convener of the Legal Aid Solicitors Committee.}

^{C. REQUISITIONS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS}

^{11. The Society instructs Council to seek to secure parity of treatment in proceedings in the Sheriff Court for solicitors with extended rights of audience as for Advocates under –}

^{(a) Section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907}

^{(b) Section 33 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986}

^{12. The Society instructs Council to promulgate Rules under Section 34(1) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 revoking the Solicitors (Scotland) (Supreme Courts) Practice Rules 2003.}

^{Both Motions submitted by Alayne Swanson, Tim Edward, John MacKenzie, Gillian Moore, Paul Motion, Wendy Thomson, John Scott, Frank Maguire, Andrew Henderson, Patrick McGuire and Thomas Marshall, all Solicitor Advocates.}

^{D. MOTIONS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS}

^{13. The Council of the Law Society of Scotland seeks the approval of the Annual General Meeting to the Policy Paper entitled: “The Public Interest: Delivering Scottish Legal Services”.}

^{The above Policy Paper sets out the Council’s proposed policy on Alternative Business Structures.}

^{Submitted by Ian Smart, Vice-President of the Society and seconded by Jamie Millar, Treasurer of the Society.}

^{14. The Law Society of Scotland condemns the ongoing under-funding of Civil Legal Aid in Scotland and the resulting difficulties in Scottish citizens obtaining access to the Civil Justice System.}

^{Proposed by Sara Matheson and seconded by Gerry McClay both Solicitors, Glasgow.}

^{If any member wishes to attend the AGM please contact Carol Nightingale at}^{carolnightingale@lawscot.org.uk}

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