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Our autumn event, hosted by KPMG LLP, will consider competition’s increased role in the regulated utilities, the manner in which competition is being developed in these utilities and the impact these changes may have on utilities and consumers.
We will hear from both regulators and those with experience of working in regulated utilities, which will give us a fascinating insight into the process of developing competition in regulated utilities and the practical consequences of the introduction of competition.
Our chair for the evening will be Charles Coulthard, a member of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland and the Chair of the Gas and Electricity Consumers Council in Scotland.
Our speakers for this event include:
- Professor George Yarrow - non-executive member of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority and Director of the Regulatory Policy Institute
- John Grady – Advocate, Hastie Stable, and formerly in-house legal counsel at Scottish Power
- Rhodri Thompson QC – counsel to Albion Water acting in the CAT and Court Appeal
Following the principal presentations there will be ample opportunity for wider discussion with our speakers and the chance for informal networking with a glass of wine.
Programme
Date: Thursday 18 September 2008
Time: 17:15 – 20:00
Venue:
KPMG LLP
191 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2LJ
RSVP
To register please email Brigitte Buice at: brigitte.buice@shepwedd.co.ukFlyer
August 5th, 2008
As you may be aware, the Scottish Competition Law Forum’s April event looked at the topical issue of devolving competition competences and at some of the pros and cons of different approaches taken in various jurisdictions. For further details of the discussion in April please see: the attached file “spring discussion note”. Since the April event, the SCLF steering committee have been looking at ways in which to provide Government with an insight into the views and experiences of our members and contributors.
To take this forward and to offer a substantial contribution to the current Scottish constitutional debate we wish now to canvass your views on a range of key questions which we have identified as coming out of the April event. For our questionaire please see the attached file. We aim to prepare a discussion paper reflecting (in a non-attributable manner) the responses to these questions and to submit this to Government (in particular the Scottish Government and the Calman Commission) for consideration.
Please provide us with your responses, addressed to Gordon Downie, by no later than Monday 25 August 2008. If there are any other queries regarding the questionnaire, please do not hesitate to let us know via the same email address.
July 14th, 2008
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Competition in the professions is the subject of considerable debate and development at European and national levels. The summer SCLF event, hosted by the Faculty of Advocates, will give an opportunity to examine, across a range of professions, issues such as:
- Competing considerations of safeguarding ethics and introducing liberalisation; and
- The role and limits of self regulation.
With speakers from law, medicine and accountancy, and from the European Commission, we will have a full agenda for discussion which will also be relevant to many other sectors.
Programme:
17:15 - Registration
17:30 - Welcome from Richard Keen QC, Faculty of Advocates
17:35 - Introduction by the chairperson, Karina McTeague (Lloyds TSB)
17:45 - Presentation by John Madill (European Commission)
18:05 - Question and answer session
18:15 - Panel discussion with Richard Keen QC, Janet Hamblin (Baker Tilley), Dr John Garner (former chair of BMA Scottish Council), Frank Stephen (University of Manchester)(TBC) and Sarah O’Neill (SCC)
19:15 - Wine reception
20:00 - Close
The event is taking place at The Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, 172 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QX.
If you have not already signed up and are interested in attending, please contact Dawn Hendry (dawn.hendry@shepwedd.co.uk).
June 9th, 2008
Competition in the professions is the subject of considerable debate and development at European and national levels. This event will give an opportunity to examine key issues in this area across a range of professions. Speakers include John Madill (European Commission), Richard Keen QC (Faculty of Advocates), Karina McTeague (Lloyds TSB) and representatives from medicine and accountancy.
Date/time: 17 June 2008, 17.15 - 20.00
Venue: The Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, 172 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QX
Link to the flyer for this event
To register please contact: dawn.hendry@shepwedd.co.uk
May 21st, 2008
11 April 2008
Please see below the programme for the SCLF Spring meeting, which takes place this Friday (11 April) at the Court Senate Suite, Strathclyde University, 22 Richmond Street, Glasgow. Please note the discussion will start at 09.10.
As you will see we have an impressive range of speakers from far and wide, with chairman Iain McMillan of CBI Scotland keeping our focus on the practical rather than political. Our job is to unpick the experiences of competition and consumer protection bodies working in central/reserved roles and in devolved contexts to discover what arrangements may best contribute to the economic success of Scotland. We look forward to a rich and stimulating discussion of significant issues not regularly appearing in other conversations or commissions.
For those already signed up, we look forward to seeing you there. If you are still thinking about it and have not yet registered, don’t delay in emailing ashley.e.smith@strath.ac.uk to secure your place.
Programme
09:00 Registration
09:10 Welcome from Barry Rodger, University of Strathclyde
09:15 Introduction by the Chairman, Iain McMillan, Director of CBI Scotland
09:25 Presentation by John Fingleton, Chief Executive of the OFT
09:45 Presentation by Cristina Pellise de Urquiza, member of the Catalan Competition Tribunal
10:05 Presentation by Eleanor Gill, Chief Executive of the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
10:25 Tea/Coffee
10:45 Panel discussion with Fod Barnes (Oxera Consulting), Martyn Evans (Director of the Scottish Consumer Council), Catriona Munro (Partner, Maclay Murray & Spens) and our principal speakers
11:45 Close
If you have any queries about the event please contact Dawn Hendry at dawn.hendry@shepwedd.co.uk
April 8th, 2008
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