Avoiding and Defending Conveyancing Complaints

About the Speaker:

Ian Ferguson – Director of Mitchells Roberton Ltd

Ian graduated from Glasgow University with an LLB in 1976 and became a Partner in Mitchells Roberton in January 1985. He specialises in commercial and domestic conveyancing, banking and security work and solving Conveyancing problems.

Along with his client centred legal work he is an active member of the Council of Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) of which he is a former president (SLAS is a voluntary national body representing and promoting the interests of Scottish solicitors). He is also a co-founder and the present Secretary and Treasurer of the Glasgow Conveyancers Forum.

He is a Member of the Scottish Standard Clauses (SSC) Working Party and involved in the proposed changes to these in SSC Edition 4 still to be finalised. He has written the Client Guide and Practitioners Guide for the various Editions.

As a Director of the Legal Defence Union (LDU) Ian has been providing LDU advice since 1997 and has acted in a large variety of different complaint cases of service or conduct for LDU members and also for non members on a private basis.

Ian is experienced in presenting professional seminars for solicitors and is a regular contributor of articles and comment in legal and other publications as well as the media. He is also the Business Development Partner of the firm. In his spare time Ian enjoys reading, walking and travelling and has more recently taken up Bridge and Outdoor Bowling.

Host or Publisher Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow