Online Tribunal Diary Hearings may be subject to change at short notice. The diary will be updated regularly.
Different Types of Hearings
A procedural hearing is a short hearing to ascertain whether or not the facts in the case are in dispute, what evidence will be required and whether there are any preliminary issues to be decided before a full hearing can be fixed.
If legal matters are raised, it may be that a preliminary hearing/debate is required to deal with issues such as competency, relevancy, delay or Human Rights.
A full hearing (also referred to as a substantive hearing) is fixed in most cases. Evidence may be led or the case can be dealt with by submissions.
A compensation hearing is fixed when professional misconduct has been established against a solicitor and the secondary complainer has lodged a claim for compensation.
Upcoming
This section contains information about forthcoming Tribunal Hearings and events organised by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal.
Date
19/11/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-John James Rankin Hodge
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
22/11/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Harold William Joseph
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
22/11/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-John Christopher Bartlett
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
27/11/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Bruce Gregor De Wert
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
06/12/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Richard Barnes Richardson
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue
Date
06/12/2019
Event
Compensation Hearing: Law Society-v-Daniel Anthony McGinn
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue
Date
10/12/2019
Event
Continued Hearing: Law Society-v-Nicholas Whelan
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
12/12/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Alan Livingstone
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
12/12/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Morag Wilson Yellowlees
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
16/12/2019
Event
Procedural Hearing: Law Society-v-Gordon Dangerfield
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
16/12/2019
Event
Procedural Hearing: Law Society-v-Duncan Burd
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
13/01/2020
Event
Procedural Hearing: Appeal under Section 42ZA - Khizer Khan
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
13/01/2020
Event
Compensation Hearing: Law Society-v-Stuart McDonald Bain
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
20/01/2020
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Christopher James Forrest
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
20/01/2020
Event
Compensation Hearing: Law Society-v-Ian William Donaldson
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Previous
This section contains information about previous Tribunal Hearings and events organised by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal.
Date
11/11/2019
Event
Procedural Hearing: Law Society-v-Duncan McKinnon Burd
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
06/11/2019
Event
Procedural Hearing: Law Society-v-Ross James Porter
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
05/11/2019
Event
Preliminary Hearing: Law Society-v-William Murnin (in private) (1)
Venue
The British Medical Association
Date
04/11/2019
Event
Preliminary Hearing: Law Society-v-William Murnin (in private)
Venue
The British Medical Association
Date
01/11/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Nigel William Frew Ford
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
29/10/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Martha Anne Rafferty
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
29/10/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Jane Caroline Chisholm
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
25/10/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Lorraine Ann Kelly
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
22/10/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Kevin Frederick Macpherson (in private)
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
04/10/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Simon David Brown
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue
Date
04/10/2019
Event
Procedural Hearing: Law Society-v-Nicholas Whelan
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue
Date
17/09/2019
Event
Continued Hearing: Law Society-v-John B McGeechan
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
13/09/2019
Event
Preliminary Hearing: Law Society-v-William Murnin (in private)
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
12/09/2019
Event
Continued Preliminary Hearing: Law Society-v-Gordon Dangerfield
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
09/09/2019
Event
Compensation Hearings x2: Law Society-v-John Hamilton
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue
Date
09/09/2019
Event
Compensation Hearing: Law Society-v-Hugh Scott Neilson
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue
Date
04/09/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Alistair Morgan Bowie
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
04/09/2019
Event
Procedural Hearing: Law Society-v-John Christopher Bartlett
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
04/09/2019
Event
Hearing: Law Society-v-Daniel Anthony McGinn
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
30/08/2019
Event
Continued Hearing: Law Society-v-Glenn James Fraser
Venue
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Date
21/08/2019
Event
Preliminary Hearing: Law Society-v-John James Rankin Hodge
Venue
The Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue