The Rural Conference at Scots Law 2024

Murrayfield Stadium is the venue for the next event in our Scots Law Conference Series, exclusively available to delegates in person on the day.

We are delighted to welcome the leading rural lawyer Hamish Lean of Shepherd & Wedderburn who will be chairing our well established Annual Rural Conference. Hamish will be joined by a panel of expert speakers who will focus on a range of subjects from the Land Reform Bill, tax and repair of houses in let farms to health and safety in agriculture and current developments in crofting law.

Hamish will be joined by the chair of the Scottish Land Commission, Michael Russell, Brian Inkster of Inksters, Anna Gardiner of Scottish Land and Estates, Robert Sutherland from Terra Firma Chambers, Graham Stewart of Saffery, Kevin Clancy from Shepherd & Wedderburn and Craig Forster of HighWater.

Early booking is strongly advised for one of the most popular rural conferences of the year.

Questions to be considered will include

• what are the priorities of the Scottish Land Commission going forward?
• what can be learned from recent case law?
• what is the current position in relation to reform?
• what practical steps can land owners take to manage health and safety risk in agriculture?

Agricultural tenancies reform – proposals in the Land Reform Bill, an update

Hamish Lean, Shepherd & Wedderburn

The priorities of the Scottish Land Commission

Michael Russell, Scottish Land Commission

Liabilities for repair on houses in let farms in the future

Anna Gardiner, Scottish Land and Estates

Rural case law review

Robert Sutherland, Terra Firma Chambers

Crofting Law in 2024

Brian Inkster, Inksters

Tax update

Graham Stewart, Saffery

The pitfalls of private water supplies in Conveyancing

Craig Forster, HighWater

Health & safety in agriculture

Kevin Clancy, Shepherd & Wedderburn