Agriculture and rural

Straightforward, strategic advice for the farming, forestry, fisheries, and food sectors.

Advising landowners, tenants, and food producers, and with a focus on resilience and building a sustainable future, we are trusted advisors on the decisive issues that matter to our rural clients.

We provide a full legal service including business planning, succession, and dispute resolution as well as advice on the purchase and sale of rural property and land development, crofting matters, agricultural leases, and land ownership.

"They have a very strong agricultural team in terms of knowledge and support staff." — Chambers UK 2023 guide

Agriculture and rural services

We advise on —

  • Agricultural and rural business succession, restructuring and diversification — advising individuals, partnerships and limited companies

  • Agricultural tenancies — advising landlords and tenants in relation to all aspects of tenancies such as succession and disputes, including in the Scottish Land Court

  • Buying and selling rural land and property — this includes whole or part of estates, farms, crofts, forests and woodlands. It also covers fishing rights as well as land and building plots

  • Crofting law — advising crofting tenants and landlords, including estate owners, in all aspects of crofting including buying, selling and disputes in the Scottish Land Court

  • Land ownership — advising on all the legal aspects of estate management including the purchase and sale of land, renewable energy projects, tenancy advice and deeds of servitude

  • Dispute resolution — support includes advice on agricultural tenancies, croft tenancies, ownership disputes, and boundary disputes

  • Planning law — includes planning advice on housing developments; developing farmland as well as the planning implications of farming operation changes including diversification projects such as agritourism and farm shops

  • Renewable energy — this includes advising landowners, tenants and developers on wind, hydro, solar and battery storage schemes

  • Sporting, fishing and mineral rights — advising clients, including landowners and tenants

  • Telecommunications mast leases — supporting landowner and tenant clients with all aspects of telecommunication masts on their land, including negotiations in relation to  agreements under the Electronic Communications Code

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