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Planning ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025

Ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025, David Mowlem CTA TEP outlines the potential impacts on Tax.

Less Than One Month to Go Until RSABI’s Great Scone Palace Challenge

In just a few weeks, teams from across the Scotland’s agricultural community will unite to take part in RSABI's Great Scone Palace Challenge.

Green Living: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Private Rented Properties

Green Living: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Private Rented Properties

Latest news and insights

05 September 2025 | Time to read: 5 mins

Planning ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025

By David Mowlem

Ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025, David Mowlem CTA TEP outlines the potential impacts on Tax.

01 September 2025 | Time to read: 4 mins

Less Than One Month to Go Until RSABI’s Great Scone Palace Challenge

By Lois Newton

In just a few weeks, teams from across the Scotland’s agricultural community will unite to take part in RSABI's Great Scone Palace Challenge.

25 August 2025 | Time to read: 5 mins

Green Living: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Private Rented Properties

By Fiona Scott

Green Living: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Private Rented Properties

19 August 2025 | Time to read: 5 mins

Youth mobility and the EU – What might happen next?

By Fraser Vandal

After the UK-EU trade summit, discussions are ongoing for the creation of an EU youth mobility scheme similar to the UK's current arrangements.

Land and Rural

As a preeminent and long-standing advisor to the rural sector, we understand the pressures and opportunities present in the sector and can support you in managing their implications.  Our advice covers all aspects of purchase and sales, leases, estate management, crofting, sportings, renewable energy and environmental considerations.  In addition, we can assist with land registration matters and have developed particular expertise supporting rural businesses realise their ambitions.

Purchase and sales

We can assist you in the purchase, sale and leasing of all types of rural properties including sporting estates, farms, forestry and country houses.  We will work with you to ensure the transaction is structured to meet your business and/or personal needs to account for any tax mitigation and future succession planning.  We are able to draw on the considerable expertise across the firm including our corporate, employment, private client and tax teams to provide you with a comprehensive and consistently high quality service.

Agricultural leases and crofting

Legislation surrounding both agricultural holdings and crofting has become some of the most complex areas of rural law in recent years.  Whether you’re a landlord or a tenant, we can provide expert advice on your rights and obligations and well as offering support with future plans.

Our expertise includes:

  • Fixed duration tenancies
  • Right to Buy
  • Rent Review
  • Resolving Disputes
  • Secure tenancies
  • Succession
  • Transmission (lease assignation)

Diversification

We regularly advise landowners and tenants on a range of diversification projects and offer comprehensive advice on related planning, funding and tax matters.

We are at the forefront on the evolving carbon sequestration market and are already advising landowners and investors on the commercial opportunities in this area.

We can advise on:

  • Aquaculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Carbon capture
  • Farm contracts
  • Forestry
  • Leisure
  • Renewable energy
  • Retail
  • Telecoms

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Key contacts

Our Rural sector team is one of the most highly regarded in the country and includes a number of agricultural law specialists.  Please get in touch with one of our team to find out how we can help you.

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There is a wonderful collective team that is able to deliver professional advice, and who are also not afraid to bring in other help when they think it’s in the client’s interest.

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