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Agricultural and Rural Property Update Winter 2019 Bulletin Welcome to Morton Fraser's Agricultural and Rural Property Team December 2019 Bulletin. It has been a very busy Autumn for the Team and promises to be a very busy Winter. It is easy to become distracted by external forces bearing down on us but the watch word must be, to quote the old wartime adage, "Keep Calm and Carry On"! We hope you enjoy our Bulletin and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and prosperous new year. Do contact us if we can help with any Rural matters!
Bovine Seasonal Affective Disorder As reported in the press this week Russian vets have established that climate change at this time of year negatively affects a significant number of the Russian 20 millionstrong herd.
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Alternatives to Agricultural Tenancies The complex regulations surrounding agricultural tenancies in Scotland has in recent years led to the rise of alternative farming arrangements in the form of Contract Farming and Share Farming. These types of arrangements have proved
to be more flexible alternatives to leasing and a step away from the one-size-fits-all approach of the agricultural holdings legislation. Read More
The Right To Roam In Scotland These access rights are always conditional upon the access being exercised responsibly. The subsequent Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC) provides guidance on the public's right to access land. However, since the introduction of the 2003 Act there have been several high profile cases that have considered the extent of the public's right to roam and arguably these cases have left the public and landowners alike, unclear on access rights.
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Don't Let PRTs Get You Tied Up In Knots It is a common feature of some farming enterprises that a worker will reside on the farm in accommodation provided to them by their employer. Otherwise how else is a dairyman meant to carry out checks of the cattle and be available at short notice during calving? Read More
Community Right to Buy The Community Right to Buy is a pre-emptive right to buy land throughout Scotland which was created under Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 ("the Act").
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