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Terra Firma Chambers has congratulated stable member Roddy MacLeod on the publication of his book: Contentious Executries: Commissary & Executry Litigation in Scotland. Practice manager Emma Caskie-Potter said: “Roddy has invested a great deal of time in 'Contentious Executries' and we are

Terra Firma Chambers’ Philip Simpson QC and Gordon Watt will speak at Longmark’s Scottish Private Client Tax Planning Conference, taking place at the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club on Wednesday 18 May. Mr Simpson will present the ‘Critical IHT Update&

In a new article, Terra Firma's Michael Howlin QC considers the recent case of Plumbing Pensions (UK) Limited, Petitioner [2022] CSIH 9, which turned on the manner in which the corporate trustee of a large pension scheme dealt with Section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995 and whether that impacted the av

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on ‘Anti-Money Laundering, Privilege and Disclosure’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 28 April 2022.   At this event, Gordon Watt, Advoc

Terra Firma Chambers advocate Robert Sutherland is heading to Fort William this weekend for the lest leg of his fundraising efforts on behalf of Children 1st. With forecasts of sub-zero temperatures, snow and wind, this challenge is likely to be the most arduous yet.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on ‘Making Tax Digital’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 17th March 2022. At this event, Govinder Saimbhi of HM Revenue & Customs will consider:

The Edinburgh Tax Network and Chartered Institute of Taxation invite you to join Scottish Government officials and David Phillips from the Institute for Fiscal Studies for an update on developments in devolved taxation. The event will take place on Thursday 10 March 2022 at the Mackenzie Buildi

The Edinburgh Tax Network and Chartered Institute of Taxation invite you to join Janet Mui and Graeme Muir of Brewin Dolphin for an update on financial markets and analysis of pensions by webinar on Thursday 24th February 2020 from 1pm to 2pm. At this event, Janet and Graeme will discuss: This event

In a new article, Terra Firma's Maurice O'Carroll considers unauthorised development and immunity from planning enforcement. "Development is unauthorised when it has taken place in the absence of planning permission. A local planning authority (LPA) has the power to issue an Enforcement Notice (EN)

Terra Firma Chambers’ Scott Blair will chair CLT’s Licensing Conference on Thursday 7th October 2021. The virtual event, part of CLT’s Scots Law Autumn Series, will consider the numerous challenges faced by the licensing industry over the past 18 months. The conference will not onl

Terra Firma's David Logan successfully represented the petitioners, a community interest company, in a judicial review against a planning decision of Dundee City Council to install an e-bike docking station outside residential flats in the West End Suburbs Conservation Area of Dundee. The core of th

Andrew Bowen QC of Terra Firma Chambers examines the case law on reflective loss. In the Supreme Court’s seven-justice ‘root and branch’ review of the rule against reflective loss (often referred to as ‘the rule in Prudential’), the majority held that a shareholder coul

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT, ATT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a webinar which will take an in-depth look at Family Investment Companies (FICS) on 13 July 2021 from 2pm to 5pm. The speakers, Ritchie Tout of Mazars; Alex Docherty and Billy Cleland of Johnsto

Terra Firma’s Robert Sutherland has been appointed as the Scottish editor for Garner’s Environmental Law. Garner's is the leading environmental law loose-leaf publication containing a comprehensive collection of UK acts, statutory instruments, Scottish acts and Scottish statutory instrum

Terra Firma Chambers’ spring programme of webinars concluded on Thursday 13 May with the seventh event to date in our 2021 webinar series. Our Planning Law webinar was very well attended with 130 delegates signing up and feedback resoundingly positive. The number of attendees have been co