Scottish Conveyancers Forum proposed

The Steering Committee of the Scottish Conveyancers Forum is seeking the views of the profession on the remit and organisation of the body.

Ross MacKay, of Coulters Legal, chair of the committee, said in a letter circulated to conveyancers: “It is suggested that what is needed is a gathering of like-minded firms willing to come together to develop a new Scottish Conveyancers Forum building on (but not replacing) the success and efforts of the current similar bodies in Edinburgh and Glasgow to achieve those aims. It would be hoped that in short time its branding and marketing can be developed for the benefit of all its members (whoever they may be) as well as agreed protocols aimed at making the sale/purchase process more streamlined for the benefit of not just the profession but of course our clients.

“I would strongly argue that while we are all in our own way competitors and we all have our own marketing budgets, etc. there is a glaring omission in not having an overarching body which can represent our specific sector.

“To that end therefore, a small Steering Committee has met online and agreed to develop this concept by initially adopting a working version of a proposed constitution to create such a Scottish Conveyancers Forum. What we as a group now require is support from you and to that end we would ask you to contact myself initially to express your interest and possible thoughts as to how the Forum can be taken forward. Once we hear from you we can then circulate further information and work up action points for discussion and circulation.”

Mr McKay may be contacted on: ross.mackay@coulters.io.