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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.

Arlene Taylor

Legal Director, Commercial Property

Arlene is experienced in all aspects of commercial property transactions.  Arlene acts for clients in a wide range of commercial property transactions including acquisitions and disposals, leasing for both landlords and tenants, and ongoing lease management work.  Arlene acts for a number of retail clients including a global coffee operator, a luxury watch retailer, and a global apparel and footwear company.

Arlene is also experienced in the real estate finance sector acting for funders, borrowers, investors and developers in all aspects of real estate finance.  Arlene acts for clients in relation to refinancing deals and acquisition and development funding.

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EXPERIENCE:

  • Assisted AMA (Tor 1) Limited with the purchase of property with complex deferred consideration terms, secured planning for development of luxury apartments and townhouses and then refinanced the key development asset in central Edinburgh.

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