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Anderson Beaton Lamond Solicitors seek to deliver a quality, personal and professional service to all of its clients. All areas of general chamber practice are provided, particularly Residential Conveyancing; Leasing of Property; Commercial Property Conveyancing, Rural Estate, Agricultural and Forestry and renewable energy work; a wide range of Private Client work including Powers of Attorney; Wills; Trusts and Executry Administration. The firm has an extensive practice in agricultural/rural property and forestry law, with Lydia Fotheringham leading the team as a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist. Lizzie McFadzean specialises in forestry work including purchases and sales. This rural emphasis has led to the firm’s Peter Stewart being involved for a great many land owning clients in renewable energy business.

Anderson Strathern is a leading law firm offering legal and strategic services with a legacy of advising families and land owners for over 200 years. Our team of rural business specialists is second to none in terms of the breadth and depth of their expertise in the purchase/sale of rural property; agricultural and residential leasing and dispute resolution; and renewable and other energy projects. Working in tandem with our highly respected private client practice, which provides sophisticated and tailored advice on succession and tax planning, our team deliver comprehensive, high quality and commercially focussed advice to owners and managers of land across Scotland.

Scottish Ministers have set a target to complete land register by 2024. A voluntary registration of your property into the Land Registry has many advantages. It will bring clarity by identifying your property on the Ordinance Survey map, simplify future land transactions or succession planning by having all title details digitally accessible at the touch of a button and brings certainty through state backed warranty. Working with the law firm Whose Land Scotland and mapping experts "Landmaps" we can advise and complete your voluntary registration in a very efficient and cost effective manner. Until 2024 the decision to register your property is in the best place, your hands. Now is the time to consider and discuss your options with us.

Ardverikie Estate is a 40,000 acre private estate - our main activities are commercial hydro electricity generation, holiday cottages and tourism, and commercial forestry. We also offer extensive film and tv location facilities.

Armstrong Watson act for around 2,000 Landed Estates and Farming businesses across our 16 Office locations in Scotland and the North of England . Our clients like our detailed knowledge of the sector and our no nonsense, straight talking approach. Landed estates have of course very different needs from traditional farms and agricultural businesses. We advise our clients regularly on diversification projects, the use of trusts to pass assets to the next generation, contract farming arrangements and farm tenancies. We also help with business structures, VAT and Business Property Relief to help with Inheritance Tax planning. We are also highly experienced in dealing with all types of property transactions and the Capital Gains and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax implications of these