PRACTICE AREAS
COURT & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Courts & Tribunals, Arbitration & Mediation
We offer extensive experience in dealing with cases at every level of the Scottish Civil Court System (Sheriff Court (throughout Scotland), Sheriff Appeal Court, Court of Session, Inner House of the Court of Session and the UK Supreme Court). We have also acted with success in the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, The Scottish Land Court, at many Licensing Boards and Committees, the Homeowner Housing Panel and other tribunals and decision making bodies.
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We have been closely involved in leading court cases involving complex commercial and property disputes. These include a number of reported cases of considerable and ongoing significance to the commercial and property sectors, with values large and small.
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The extent and breadth of our experience allows us to develop winning strategies and to provide realistic and clear advice to you in the provision of expert assistance in order to achieve the resolution of your dispute in the most advantageous manner.
We are also able to offer Solicitor Advocacy services in-house, which in appropriate cases will reduce the need for the instruction of separate (and additional) Counsel.
CIVIL & COMMERCIAL
We provide a full drafting and negotiation service for our clients, in a wide range of areas including commercial leasing, property sale and purchase, security documentation, guarantees, servitude and title conditions, options, commercial contracts, partnership contracts, agency contracts and asset and share acquisitions.
Property, Contracts, Corporate
DEBT & ASSET RECOVERY
We have been recovering assets and debt for clients for over 12 years. Our experience allows us to tailor the most appropriate solutions to maximise recovery for you. Not every debt can be recovered in a cost-effective manner, and we never shy away from delivering an honest assessment of prospects for recovery, and in providing the most suitable advice relative to your debtor's circumstances or your options as debtor.
Demands, Statutory Notices, Diligence (inhibitions, arrestments, attachments) and Sequestration (Bankruptcy) and Liquidation
LANDLORD & TENANT
Commercial and Residential Leasing, Lease Management and Lease Termination
We have considerable experience in advising on all aspects of commercial and residential leasing, from initial contracts through ongoing management of the landlord and tenant relationship, variation of lease, assignation, rent reviews, and the provision of advice on matters such as drafting contractual and statutory notices, break options or the exercise of other formal lease rights. We advise on lease termination and its consequences, including failures to repair (dilapidations) and statutory responsibilities, and we are able to assist in prosecuting or defending claims in relation to each and all of these areas as well as actions to recover possession.
LICENSING
Alcohol and Civic Licensing
We act in matters of Licensing for national and local retailers, pub and club operators and a range of other individual and corporate business. We offer offer considerable knowledge and experience in this area. If you require to obtain a licence from the licensing authority for any licensable activity, we can assist in ensuring the authority's requirements are met and provide you with advice on the requirements of operating your licensed business with success from commencement and on an ongoing basis. We also offer advice, assistance and representation in respect of any concerns about the operation of your licensed business, or in relation to any actions which may threaten your business' continued licensed status.