The Contract Conference at Scots Law 2025

Murrayfield Stadium is the venue for the next event in our Scots Law Conference Series, exclusively available to delegates in person on the day.

Drafting contracts effectively is a core skill for all lawyers. This practical conference will provide essential guidance in relation to some of the more important clauses to consider in specific contexts as well as discussing key statutory and caselaw developments informing drafting.

Chaired by Alastair Dunn of BTO, the conference will include presentations from Claire Mills of Brodies, Emma Davies from TLT LLP, Steph Innes of Dentons, Mark Lindsay KC from Axiom Advocates and Lynn Richmond of BTO.

What's being covered?

Practical pointers and tales from the trenches

The effect of poorly drafted contracts continues to exercise the courts. In this very practically focused session and through the use of real life case studies, Alastair will consider how the courts are currently dealing with the consequences of bad drafting and highlight various traps for the unwary that can be avoided.

Alastair Dunn, BTO

Recent updates and market trends in construction contracts

This session will update delegates on market trends impacting construction contracts and round up any recent developments in standard forms or arising from case law.

Claire Mills, Brodies

Contracts with an international perspective

Steph Innes, Dentons

Intellectual Property – developments and drafting implications

This session will focus on recent developments in intellectual property law. We will look at the latest cases and legislative changes and how they impact on IP contracts, highlighting issues of relevance for rights holders.

Lynn Richmond, BTO

ESG clauses

Emma Davies, TLT LLP

Procurement update

Mark will discuss the most significant Scottish procurement cases of the last year and will identify new issues that have emerged from these cases that require to be considered. In particular, Mark will consider the application of economic delicts to procurement challenges. The likely impact of the Procurement Act 2023 will also be reviewed.

Mark Lindsay KC, Axiom Advocates