Alexandra works exclusively in agricultural law and is an Accredited Specialist by the Law Society. She deals with a wide variety of rural property transactions, including purchases and sales, securities, farming partnerships, renewable energy projects, contentious and non-contentious agricultural leasing matters (acting for both landlords and tenants), commercial property transactions, and estate management.
Agricultural Leasing
- Advising on a highly unusual situation in which a secure tenant had agreed with their landlord that they would be entitled to sell their secure tenancy on the open market without going through the relinquishment process provided under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016.
- Advising a secure agricultural tenant on resumption of areas of ground, replacement and renewal of fixed equipment, preparing a lengthy and detailed amnesty agreement, issues with the gamekeeper exercising rights over the farm, and livestock welfare issues.
- Regularly negotiating and implementing the terms of the Secure 1991 Act Tenancies and Fixed Duration Tenancies in terms of the 2003 and 2016 Acts. Including serving, and implementing the terms of a wide range of statutory notices.
Land Court work
- Drafting Land Court Applications and advising clients on the success of potential Land Court actions.
- Drafting and adjusting pleadings and lodging them with the Land Court.
- Attending the Land Court as instructing solicitor.
- Liaising with Counsel on Land Court applications, including obtaining opinions and instructing Counsel.
Property Transactions
- Advising on rural property purchases and sales, including all conveyancing aspects and technicalities.
- Acting for a farming family involving a family partnership re-organisation, purchase of a tenanted farm, two securities, a new agricultural tenancy, a clawback agreement and an option.
- Working with the Banking team, preparing of a loan agreement between an individual and our clients to facilitate the purchase of their family farm, buying out other family members and dissolving a partnership, creating a new one amongst our clients.
- Acting for several large estates on many aspects of property management, including access agreements, sales, residential property leases, minerals and quarry leases, sporting leases and general property matters.
- Acting for lenders in security aspects of purchase transactions, including both rural and commercial properties.
- Renewable Energy
- Advising on a wide range of considerations arising from to several wind turbine developments.
- Advising on hydro scheme projects, and agreeing options and leases in terms of hydro schemes.
