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The Annual Dinner of the CIArb's Scottish Branch will be held at The Caledonian, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Princes Street Edinburgh on Friday 28 February 2020. A drinks reception will be held from 6.30pm with dinner being served at approximately 7.00pm.
The Chairman’s Guest Speaker will be Iain McSporran QC.
Cost(s): Tickets are £70 plus VAT (£84) per person, and £700 plus VAT (£840) for a table of ten. Ten is the maximum number that can be booked on one table.
Booking: Please book your place as soon as possible by sending your name, title, member status (if applicable), address, telephone number and email address to the Honorary Secretary, Leigh Herd at:
Email: CIARBS@shepwedd.com
Address: Shepherd & Wedderburn, 1 Exchange Crescent, Conference Square, Edinburgh EH3 8UL
Advance booking is essential. Please complete the booking form.
More information: For any further information about the dinner please contact Bill Frain-Bell, the Dinner Convenor, at william@frain-bell.com
Event Speakers
Iain McSporran QC is from Campbeltown, graduated in Law from Glasgow University in 1986 and thereafter spent his entire career in criminal law, whether as Prosecutor or defence. He has just completed thirteen years as an Advocate Depute prosecuting in the High Court, where he conducted some high profile prosecutions including that of Aaron Campbell for the murder of Alesha Macphail on Bute, and the case of Cairney and Jones, for the murder of Margaret Fleming. He took silk in 2016, and is a keen Burns enthusiast, President of Balerno Burns Club, and an established after-dinner speaker.