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Real Estate Litigation - Scotland

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What the Team is Known For

Burness Paull handles high-value property litigation as well as assisting clients with alternative dispute resolution strategies. Areas of the team's expertise include development-related disputes, housebuilding disputes, and landlord and tenant cases. The firm maintains a high profile for dilapidations work and is also adept at assisting clients with challenges against local authorities and public bodies.

Work Highlights

  • Burness Paull advised Dobbies Garden Centres in obtaining sanction from the Scottish Court of a restructuring plan under the Companies Act.

Strengths

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Burness Paull has great technical experts, but they are down to earth and easy to deal with. They are on top of the law but also have a good commercial overlay with client objectives in mind.

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They've shown strong communication and also very extensive legal knowledge. They were able to break the matter into pieces to understand the problem easily. I never had to chase for answers.

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They are second to none in terms of knowledge in the Scottish real estate litigation field.

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They have highly experienced partners involved who provide strategic commercial advice. They have a very responsive team reacting immediately to questions.

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Burness Paull has industry-recognised staff with expert knowledge of the many and varied aspects of property.

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Notable Practitioners

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Alan McMillan
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Alan McMillan
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Alan McMillan is a very experienced litigator and head of the property litigation team. He possesses an excellent reputation for his talents in real estate disputes, as well as for his ability to advise clients on arbitration.

He is a pre-eminent litigator in Scotland. He is incredibly experienced and authoritative. He is very responsive and easy to work with.

Alan McMillan is leading the field.

In my opinion, his knowledge and experience on dilapidation matters is second to none.

Alan is clearly a very experienced lawyer who shows gravitas alongside his commerciality.

He's always my go-to person for Scottish real estate. He's very responsive. He asks the right questions and tailors advice to the client. There is great quality service and product there.

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Stephen Farrell
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Stephen Farrell
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Band 3

Stephen Farrell is dual-qualified in England & Wales and Scotland. He has significant experience in a full range of property disputes, where he advises clients in both the private and public sectors. He has also developed a specialism in the telecommunications sector.

Stephen is a solid and safe pair of hands on the most complex of issues.

Stephen is a very astute solicitor. He is not easy to be against, but he is not needlessly difficult either.

He is a great lawyer. He is very responsive and possesses good commercial awareness.

I have continued to be impressed by Stephen's knowledge of the telecommunications area and also the confidence with which he argues points relating to the Code to the benefit of our business.

Stephen Farrell has excellent knowledge, with an eye for solutions.

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Burness Paull

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Alan McMillan
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Alan McMillan
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Stephen Farrell
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Stephen Farrell
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