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Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde - Practice Note Number 1 of 2025
Commercial Actions in North Strathclyde On 1 April 2025 a commercial court will be inaugurated in the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde...
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Royal Faculty Biennial Dinner 2025 – A Night to Remember
The Royal Faculty Biennial Dinner 2025 was nothing short of spectacular! Held last Friday at the Barony Hall, the evening brought...
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LawCare Life in the Law 2025 Survey
LawCare, the mental health charity for the legal sector, wants to know what working in law is really like. Take part in their Life in the...
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Glasgow Sheriff Court - Summary Case Management Update
Letter from Sheriff Principal Anwar providing information for defence agents on the summary case management roll-out following on from...
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Information Notice - Storm Eowyn
On behalf of Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar, please see the following notice regarding court procedure for Friday 24th January 2025.
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The Objectable Quiz 2025
The return of the Royal Faculty's inter-firm quiz Thursday 27th March 2025 6:00pm - 10:00pm The Faculty Hall, 12 Nelson Mandela Place,...
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Summary Case Management - note from Fraser Gibson, Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin.
Dear colleagues, The Summary Case Management (SCM) PILOT will be expanded to all summary non domestic cases in Glasgow Sheriff Court on...
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Summary Case Management. All Scotland Practice Note No. 1 of 2025
A new Practice Note (No. 1 of 2025) which will apply to summary case management across all sheriff courts has been published (...
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Children's Referrals Practice Note
In consultation with the members of the Referral’s Liaison Group, the Practice Note on Children’s Referrals has been revised to assist...
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Strathclyde University Law Clinic Joins the RFPG
The Royal Faculty is please to announce that Strathclyde University Law Clinic has joined the RPFG as an associate practice unit member....
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Practice Note for First Diets - An Invitation from the Sheriff Principal
As you may be aware the practice note for first diets comes into force on 14 October. The Sheriff Principal would like to invite members...
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Another Glasgow Legal Walk Strolls to Success
On Wednesday 25th September, members of Glasgow's legal profession and its supporters walked together through the city to raise funds for...
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Biennial Dinner 2025
The RFPG is please to announce bookings are now available for next year's Biennial Dinner. Friday 28th February 2025 The Barony Hall...
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Additional child welfare hearing courts for festive contact - Glasgow Sheriff Court
As in previous years, we are setting up 2X additional child welfare hearing courts to deal with opposed urgent contact motions for the...
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Pro Bono Week 2024
This year Pro Bono Week takes place across the UK from 4 to 8 November, with various events being organised to showcase and discuss the...
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Glasgow Conveyancers Forum
The Glasgow Conveyancers Forum is to hold a joint AGM and SGM in the Royal Faculty Hall on Thursday 26th September at 5.30pm . The there...
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Law Society of Scotland sub-committee recruitment
The Law Society of Scotland’s recruitment round for new sub-committee members is now open. Recruitment will run from 27th August through...
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Appointment of Safeguarders at Glasgow Sheriff Court
A notice from Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar to RFPG Members: As you will be aware, each court holds a list of safeguarders for...
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The Commercial Court in Glasgow: What works, what doesn’t work, what might be done better?
An Open Forum Meeting: 5 September 2024 at 5.30pm The RFPG is pleased to host an Open Forum Meeting on Thursday 5 September 2024 at...
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Trainee CPD - Complete Course 2025
Trainee Continuing Professional Development (TCPD) has been prescribed by the Law Society of Scotland as a requirement for the...
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