Events

UPDATE: 26 MARCH 2020

This event will now take place on Thursday, 10 September 2020.

The Scottish Land Commission and the Agricultural Law Association, in association with Scottish Mediation, invite you to a unique training event: a mock mediation to try to resolve a waygoing from an agricultural holding.

The event will be introduced by Jon Robertson (Turcan Connell) and Bob McIntosh (Tenant Farming Commissioner).

In our mock scenario, Pamela Lyall, Mediator, and Lindsay Burley, Mediator, Eskhill and Co, have been instructed as mediators and will work with the Landlord and the Tenant to try to reach a mutually acceptable outcome. Robin Burley, Eskhill and Co, will host the mock mediation and enable delegates to ask questions as the process unfolds.

Those participating in the mock mediation for the Landlord and for the Tenant are:

Landlord’s representative – David Johnstone, Scottish Land & Estates;

Landlord’s solicitor – Heather Bruce, Turcan Connell;

Landlord’s land agent – Gordon Kerr, Savills.

General Partner of Tenant – Christopher Nicholson, STFA;

Tenant’s solicitor – Hamish Lean, Shepherd+ Wedderburn; and

Tenant’s land agent – Tom Oates, youngsRPS.

Papers prepared by Jamie Whittle, R & R Urquhart

Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt, QC will provide a summary of mediation outcomes and concluding remarks

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The Annual General Meeting of the Agricultural Law Association will take place on Thursday 24 September 2020 at 6.00p.m. at the Army & Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JN.

The AGM will be followed by the Annual Dinner which will commence at 7pm.

Full details and a booking form will be available in June 2020.

Only Members of the Association are permitted to attend the AGM.  However, guests of Members are invited to attend the Annual Dinner.

If you have any queries, please contact Mike Holland at mike.holland@ala.org.uk or on 07885 643341.

Time : 6pm to 10pm

The Association’s Autumn Conference will be held at We The Curious, One Millennium Square, Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5DB  on Wednesday, 4 November 2020.

Speakers/Topics:

Full details and booking information will be published in late Spring.

Time : 9.30am to 4.30pm

UPDATE 25.03.20:  IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK, THE DATE OF OUR ANNUAL JOINT CONFERENCE WITH THE WS SOCIETY HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 6 NOVEMBER 2020

The ALA/WS Society 23rd Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture will take place on Friday, 6 November 2020 at the Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh.

The Conference programme and booking details will be published in the summer.

Time : 9am to 4.15pm

Starter for Ten – England & Wales

ALA’s residential training course, Starter for Ten, gives a basic introduction for trainees and the newly qualified in those elements of the law which are relevant to rural business advice.

Land law and tenancies are covered as are the new agricultural policies and legislation as they apply to England and Wales.

Tax and trusts are dealt with insofar as they affect farming and rural businesses and the course also deals with relevant litigation aspects.

The 2021 Starter for Ten will be held on 23 to 25 February 2021 at the Radcliffe Conference Centre, University of Warwick.

Please note that it is a requirement of the course that those attending are full members of the Association.  To join please go to https://ala.org.uk/join-the-ala/

There is a strict limit of 35 places and these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.  In addition, there is a limit of 3 attendees from any one firm.

The course details will be published in the summer.  If in the meantime you would like to express your interest in attending the course, please email Mike Holland at mike.holland@ala.org.uk