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Why You Need a Co-Purchase Agreement When Buying a Property in 2026

Buying property together in 2026? A Co‑Purchase Agreement sets expectations, safeguards contributions and reduces future uncertainty.

Employment Rights Act 2025: What Employees Need to Know

The Employment Rights Act 2025 brings major reforms from 2026–27. Here we summarise what employees need to know as changes begin to take effect.

Edinburgh Residential Property Market Outlook 2026

Edinburgh’s housing market shows steady growth heading into 2026, with rising demand, improving confidence and key policy changes on the horizon.

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24 February 2026 | Time to read: 3 mins

Why You Need a Co-Purchase Agreement When Buying a Property in 2026

By Stephen Grant

Buying property together in 2026? A Co‑Purchase Agreement sets expectations, safeguards contributions and reduces future uncertainty.

20 February 2026 | Time to read: 5 mins

Employment Rights Act 2025: What Employees Need to Know

By Fraser Vandal

The Employment Rights Act 2025 brings major reforms from 2026–27. Here we summarise what employees need to know as changes begin to take effect.

18 February 2026 | Time to read: 4 mins

Edinburgh Residential Property Market Outlook 2026

By Gillian Wright

Edinburgh’s housing market shows steady growth heading into 2026, with rising demand, improving confidence and key policy changes on the horizon.

13 February 2026 | Time to read: 3 mins

Will Your Marriage Abroad Be Recognised in Scotland?

By Stephen Grant

Planning a Valentine’s engagement? We discuss whether your overseas marriage will be automatically recognised in Scotland.

Alexandra Irwin

Associate, Energy and Strategic Land

Alex is an Associate in our Energy and Strategic Land Team and her focus is to advise on the property aspects of renewable energy transactions and projects. Alex has considerable experience in large-scale energy projects, including onshoring land requirements of offshore wind farms and major onshore, solar, battery storage and pumped hydro projects across Scotland.

Sector experience includes:

  • Assisting with securing land rights and funding for an onshore cable corridor for a 882MW offshore wind farm;
  • Advising a developer on the repowering of a wind farm;
  • The extension of a large onshore windfarm;
  • Advising a renewable energy developer on adding secondary technology to an existing renewable energy development;
  • Advising a developer and negotiating land agreements for an energy park; and
  • Advising landowners on land agreements relating to a large solar and wind farm developments.

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Recent News & Insights by Alexandra

14 January 2026 | Time to read: 5 mins

Can Data Centres Go Green with Renewable Energy?

By Alexandra Irwin

Data centres power the digital world, but can they do it sustainably? We explore how renewable energy can support a green data infrastructure.

15 October 2025 | Time to read: 3 mins

Green hydrogen fuels innovation

By Alexandra Irwin

Discover how Scotland could become a leading innovator in the hydrogen energy space.

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