Tag Archives: Community Right to Buy
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
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
Posted in Land Reform
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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“Combining community empowerment and clinical legal education: the Scottish University Land Unit”, an article for the Australian Journal of Clinical Education
This is a short, self-promotional blog [sign]post, which serves to direct readers to a new article that was published today in the Australian Journal of Clinical Education. The online, open access article can be found here. I confess, this was … Continue reading
Posted in CLE, Land Reform
Tagged CLE, Community Right to Buy, Land Reform, Law Clinics, Scottish University Land Unit, SULU
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“Rights to buy: the new addition”, a piece for the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland
A blog (sign)post, to point to an article by me for the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland. This is a “property briefing” on the right to buy land to further sustainable development. That right flows from Part 5 … Continue reading
New book – Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy by Combe, Glass and Tindley
Edinburgh University Press recently published an edited collection about land reform in Scotland. I was one of the editors of this book, Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy, alongside a dream team of co-editors, Jayne Glass and Annie … Continue reading
Posted in Land Reform, Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy
Tagged Agricultural Holdings, Community Right to Buy, crofting, Edinburgh University Press, EUP, Land Reform, Land Reform in Scotland, Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy, Residential Tenancies, Scots law
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The Parable of Portobello: Lessons and Questions from the First Urban Acquisition Under the Scottish Community Right-to-Buy Regime
A short blog (sign)post, to point you towards an article in the Montana Law Review considering land reform in Scotland, by Professor John Lovett (of Loyola University, New Orleans) and me. The paper should, I think, be freely accessible in … Continue reading
Research on the effectiveness of community ownership mechanisms in Scotland
A news item was published on the Scottish Land Commission website today, headed “Community ownership should become routine option for communities across Scotland, says new report“. This story introduce a report (PDF) by the Commission to the Scottish Government, entitled … Continue reading
On Research Leave
In a recent post, I flagged that I was about to begin a period of research leave. That is not the most important thing that is going on in the world right now. Neither is this post the most important … Continue reading
Community Empowerment and La Banda Europa
On 28 January 2017, there was a community engagement event involving the musicians and friends of La Banda Europa at the Platform Arts Centre in Easterhouse. This brainchild of Jim Sutherland crescendos with a performance at the Royal Concert Hall … Continue reading
Posted in Land Reform
Tagged asset transfer request, community empowerment, Community Right to Buy, La Banda Europa
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Advancing Scotland’s Land Revolution
The title is not mine. It is taken from the panel I participated in at the Radical Independence Campaign’s Conference in Glasgow on 1 October 2016. There is some footage of the event on YouTube. For some reason, the YouTube … Continue reading
Posted in Land Reform, Property
Tagged community empowerment, Community Right to Buy, Land Reform
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