• 25 April 2023
• | Sarah Cheape

Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill ...

• 17 April 2023
• | Tim Macdonald

The increase of Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) – sometimes known as the “second home surcharge” – to 6% of the purchase price from 16 Decembe...

• 9 March 2023
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith
• | John Mitchell

Scotland’s forests and woodlands protect, enhance, and allow communities to benefit from the goods and services that flow from natural capital. In ...

• 2 March 2023
• | John Mitchell

Cabinet Secretary, Mairi Gougeon announced a route map for agricultural reform at the NFU Scotland AGM on 10 February 2023. Last year the Scottish ...

• 2 March 2023
• | Kate Bond

Natural Capital has been an agenda dominating topic in the Scottish rural land market for a number of years and it is widely accepted that much of ...

• 2 March 2023
• | Adèle Nicol
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

In January 2022, the Scottish Parliament passed new legislation as a response to the growing number of Airbnbs and others providing an accessible p...

• 2 March 2023
• | Robin Turnbull

If you are an employer, you’ll know that getting everything right for your employees can be tricky – what rights an employee has constantly changes...

• 20 February 2023
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

While renewable energy developments can create financial opportunities for landowners, the issues involved are complex and far-reaching and related...

• 9 November 2022
• | Martin Whiteford

Our peaceful rural landscapes have once again become a battleground in the energy transition. Recently, the government proposed a ban on solar farm...

• 26 October 2022
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith
• | John Mitchell

As we move into autumn, and all too quickly into winter, the end of 2022 is nearly upon us. These long dark nights may give you time to consider yo...

• 21 October 2022
• | Sheila Tulloch

Whether you’re buying or selling a property in Scotland, you might be faced with a problem in the property’s title and wonder how this can be addre...

• 21 October 2022
• | Linsey Barclay-Smith

There are all sorts of salmon fishing opportunities in Scotland, from fishing the large Scottish rivers like the Tweed and Tay, to the intimate and...