The firm has been deeply involved in the management and factoring of farms and estates for over 150 years and in providing legal advice to owners, landlords and tenants in many parts of Scotland.
Duncan Thomson, an expert in Agricultural Law, has been involved in a continuing advisory role for the Scottish Landowners Federation, the World Wide Fund for Nature and others in examining the future development of land ownership in Scotland, with particular reference to the rural dimension.
Both Colin Liddell and Duncan Thomson have experience of Agricultural Arbitrations. Colin Liddell has been involved in a number as Legal Clerk to the Arbiter.
Although a legal practice, the firm continues to maintain close links with the management of land, with both Colin Liddell and Duncan Thomson acting as factors for a number of estates in Highland Perthshire.
We provide a detailed service in all aspects of land ownership and tenancies, including the purchase and sale of Farms, Estates and sporting rights, as well as charting a course through the minefields of the tenancy laws, the CAP, quotas, taxation, Environmental Law and Nature Conservation Law, to establish the best legal structures and solutions for farming businesses.
online resources
The law of land ownership in Scotland is undergoing fundamental change. This has been an area of great activity for the new Scottish Parliament. Much new legislation is in the process of being introduced. We have Fact Sheets on this important subject, prepared by Duncan Thomson:
Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Scotland) Act 2000’ gives a detailed analysis of this specific Act and explains the main areas where landowners may require to take action before 28th November 2004.
Other Fact Sheets will follow shortly on other areas of legislation affecting land.
