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Shifting Ground: Making Sense of the Government’s Changing IHT Proposals

We explore the latest changes to IHT, the practical challenges for business owners, and why the current approach risks creating an unworkable system.

Scottish Ports and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Leading the Clean Energy Transition

Scottish ports are reshaping their role in the energy transition as the UK ETS brings new expectations, opportunities, and momentum for maritime decarbonisation

Irritancy and Commercial Leases: When Leases Don’t Do What They Say on the Tin

An overview of irritancy in commercial leases, examining how legal safeguards and practical considerations can alter outcomes beyond the contract wording.

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03 February 2026 | Time to read: 4 mins

Shifting Ground: Making Sense of the Government’s Changing IHT Proposals

By John McArthur

We explore the latest changes to IHT, the practical challenges for business owners, and why the current approach risks creating an unworkable system.

29 January 2026 | Time to read: 6 mins

Scottish Ports and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Leading the Clean Energy Transition

By Derek McCulloch, Jack Cuthbertson

Scottish ports are reshaping their role in the energy transition as the UK ETS brings new expectations, opportunities, and momentum for maritime decarbonisation

28 January 2026 | Time to read: 6 mins

Irritancy and Commercial Leases: When Leases Don’t Do What They Say on the Tin

By John Stirling

An overview of irritancy in commercial leases, examining how legal safeguards and practical considerations can alter outcomes beyond the contract wording.

27 January 2026 | Time to read: 7 mins

Ban of Upward-Only Rent Reviews in England & Wales: What It Means for Commercial Leases

By Tamzin Munro

A proposed ban on upward‑only rent reviews could reshape commercial leasing in England and Wales. Here’s what it means for landlords, tenants and wider market.

We provide comprehensive multidisciplinary legal advice to developers, utilities, landowners, communities and funders on energy projects and developments.  Our experienced team is currently advising on some of the most complex and significant energy projects in the UK and our expertise includes:

  • Grid connection and support mechanisms
  • Planning and Environment including habitat plans
  • Land Options & Leases
  • Land tenure, voluntary registration and right to buy issues
  • Portfolio acquisition, M&A and repowering projects (click here for a case study featuring our work securing a portfolio of windfarms on behalf of EDF)
  • Corporate structures for the project.
  • Commercial contracts, including PPAs, construction and engineering documentation
  • Financial arrangements- both recourse and non recourse funding
  • Resolving disputes including Judicial Review
  • Virtual data rooms and due diligence
  • Regulatory advice and consultation submissions (if you are looking for advice on energy, water or waste regimes, click here for details of our experience in this area and who to contact at the firm).

 

Renewables

We provide specialist legal advice and project management on renewables including onshore, islands and onshore schemes.  Our team has experience of advising on schemes across the UK which involve:

  • Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
  • Biomass
  • Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
  • Geothermal
  • Hydro
  • Hydrogen
  • Marine
  • Solar/Photovoltaics
  • Wind

Our expertise includes advising at conception, planning, funding, stakeholder engagement and we can field crofting and rural tenure experts to support these critical phases including resumptions and section19A schemes.  We can help navigate all legal, planning and regulatory aspects of renewable schemes and our track record includes managing large scale national projects as well as community schemes.

Projects and infrastructure

We have an excellent track record of delivering stand alone and complex projects in a highly responsive and efficient way, working with client teams and sector interests, co-ordinating multi skills all under one roof and coordinated through a primary contact.

Trading, supply chain and M&A

We act for both power generators and intensive energy and natural resources users.  We are well-versed in the regulatory and planning impacts on these businesses and use this to help sectors and their supply chains, advising on trading contracts, due diligence and portfolio acquisitions.

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Our Energy sector team brings together specialist expertise from the following teams:

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Our Energy sector team comprises over 30 lawyers who offer exceptional multidisciplinary expertise in the delivery of your project.  Get in touch with one of our team to find out how we can help you.

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