Programme for the 

UKELA Annual Scottish Conference 2019

Chair: Richard Leslie, Shepherd & Wedderburn, 

Convenor UKELA (Scotland)

Thursday 10th October 2019

Environmental Law In Scotland - An Update For 2019

9.45am - 4.45pm

09:45am - Welcome, Richard Leslie, UKELA Co-convenor

09:50am - Brexit - The Current Position and Potential Effect on Environmental Law, Professor Colin Reid, Head of Environmental Law, University of Dundee, UKELA Patron

10:10am - Environmental Principles Consultation, Richard Leslie, Partner, Shepherd & Wedderburn

10:30am - UKELA's Response To The Environmental Principles Consultation, Dr Paul Stookes, Working Party and Brexit Advisor, UKELA

10:55 - Law & Policy of Scotland's Inshore Waters, Robert Younger, Lawyer, Fish Legal, Clerk to the Argyll District Salmon Fisheries Board & Director of Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation

11:20am - Coffee Break

11:35am - The Reform Of Environmental Authorisations - As An Update, Jeremy Warner, SEPA

12.05pm - Sewerage odour control: Crying out for integration, Ian Cowan, Highland Environmental Law

12.35pm - Hattie Owens, UK Environment Lawyer

1.00pm - Lunch

2.00pm - Waste Landfill Ban, Laura Tainsh, Partner, Davidson Chalmers Stewart

​2.20pm - Waste - Casestudy/Industry View, Colin Forshaw, Suez

2.40pm - Dealing with plastic waste - Regulators' view, Ross Cowie, SEPA

3.00pm - Clean Air Emission Zones, Stephen Thomson, Head Of Air Quality, Roads, Directorate, Transport Scotland

3.30pm - Coffee Break 

3.45pm - Case Review, Robert Sutherland, Advocate, Terra Firma Chambers 

4.15pm - Update on Sustainable Development, Sir Crispin Agnew, Advocate, Westwater

4.45pm - Close

Programme Is Subject To Change by the Organiser