Unique and Specialist Advice

At Stodarts, we recognise that the acquisition or disposal of land for farming purposes, whether as a standard purchase and sale, or a lease, is a unique and specialist area. We have a proud, established history of providing a high quality legal service to clients dealing in farming lands whether for the purposes of dairy farming, grazing, growing crops or indeed for development purposes such as the construction of barns or housing development.

Tailored, Efficient and Effective

Whether you are purchasing, selling or leasing, our solicitors will ensure that you obtain the rights you need. Our ability to tailor our service to suits the needs of each individual client ensures that our clients receive the most efficient and effective advice possible with a service to match.

Benefit of Solicitor Advice

As Registers of Scotland continue with their plans to transfer all titles from the Register of Sasines to the Land Register by 2024, all land owners will see a change in the way their titles are held at the Registers of Scotland. At Stodarts, our clients see the benefit of instructing us to attend to a voluntary registration on their behalf, rather than leave it to chance.

Avoiding Inaccuracies

It is not unusual for the extent of farming land to change over time, with boundaries and servitudes being regulated by farmers themselves outwith the Register of Sasines. Registers of Scotland will be unlikely give effect to these arrangements when they transfer the title from one system to the other as they will not necessarily know about them. This can create inaccuracies which cause difficulties in relation to not only purchases and sales, but succession to land as well as the granting of servitude rights or farming grants as the extent of the land is in question.

Stay in Control

By instructing Stodarts, our clients are able to stay in control of exactly what is included in their title, taking account of and formalising any such informal arrangements to ensure that plans and boundaries correctly reflect the current farmlands, and to ensure that servitudes are accurately set out.

Impartial and Independent Advice

Our farming clients are often approached to grant servitude or access rights over their farming lands for various purposes, including erection of wind turbines, telephone masts, electricity pylons and the like, as well as the laying of pipes and cabling over the farm lands. Our experienced solicitors are available to assist you, with full advice not only on the terms of any agreement, but the potential impact on the continued use of the land for farming purposes from your perspective.

Protecting your Interests

We will liaise with your Land Agent, as well as other solicitors, to ensure that any legal agreements entered into will also protect your longer term interests. We will also attend to any appropriate registration.