Category Archives: Land Reform
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill [number 3] introduced to Holyrood
Let’s go ’round again, Maybe we’ll turn back the hands of time, Let’s go ’round again, One more time. Average White Band Were AWB thinking about land reform in Scotland when they dropped that banger? Almost certainly not. Anyway, here … Continue reading
An analysis of case law under Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003: an unfortunate trend for community bodies?
Earlier this year, Community Land Scotland contacted me to do a wee bit of work for them. They had formed a perception that communities making use of the community right to buy found in Part 2 of the Land Reform … Continue reading
Core Path Plan Amendment under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 revisited – Gartmore House v LLTNPA on appeal
I wrote about a legal dispute relating to the application of an aspect of the law relating to public access to land in Scotland earlier this year. The point at issue concerned core paths – a concept created by Part … Continue reading
Consultation on the KLTR’s new Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme
The King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer – the Crown’s representative for dealing with ownerless property in Scotland – has been consulting for the past few months on a new Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme. The deadline for the consultation is tomorrow. … Continue reading
2022 Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement
The Scottish Government has just published its updated Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement (LRRS). This comes five years on from the original Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement, which itself followed on from the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. First out … Continue reading
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Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation; or the road to next Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
On 4 July 2022, the Scottish Government launched a[nother] consultation about land reform in Scotland. A related news release begins thus: Scotland has a proud history of land reform going back to the early days of devolution. We are committed … Continue reading
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Tagged Agricultural Holdings, Community Right to Buy, ECHR, Human Rights, land law, Land Reform, land reform bill, Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation, Land Reform in Scotland, Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement, landlord and tenant, Large-scale landholdings, Scots law
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Core Path Plan Amendment under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 – Gartmore House v LLTNPA
A wee blog [sign]post, simply to direct you to my post on the Strathclyde Law Blog about a recent judicial review case: Gartmore House v Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority [2022] CSOH 24. In that litigation, a … Continue reading
When access rights stop [new] public rights of way – some thoughts on an access dispute at Monifieth
This blog has hosted a fair few posts on the right of responsible access, aka the right to roam, that has applied in Scotland since Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 came into force. I won’t revisit … Continue reading
Land and human rights – a post for the Scottish Land Commission
I’ve written a blog post for the Scottish Land Commission, in connection with its new Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum (detailed in this earlier blog post). This basedrone is simply a signpost to the Commission’s website: I’ll invite you … Continue reading
Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum
This afternoon, I had an absolutely smashing chat about land reform and human rights with some great people. Entirely relatedly, the first meeting of a Scottish Land Commission and University of Strathclyde Law School initiative took place this afternoon. A … Continue reading
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