Chambers Review
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Real Estate Litigation - Scotland
What the Team is Known For
Shepherd and Wedderburn is a commendable outfit with strength in landlord and tenant disputes, boundary disputes and title issues. The team offers expertise in housing development litigation and property sale and purchase issues. Shepherd and Wedderburn represents significant national clients, with particular experience in telecoms work. It is developing a notable offering in rural property disputes in the North-East of Scotland.
Strengths
They are able to listen to what we are wanting and figure out a legal way to proceed in our best interests. They know what they are talking about.
We have dealt with various different departments within Shepherd and Wedderburn and have been happy with all of them, especially when compared to other legal firms.
Shepherd and Wedderburn are proactive, knowledgeable and engaged.
Work Highlights
Shepherd and Wedderburn represented multiple clients, including the Trustees of George Alexander Sorrie, across several Lands Tribunal applications brought by NEOS Networks under the Electronic Communications Code, regarding fibre optic cables in an overhead transmission line.
Notable practitioners
Colin Archibald is co-head of the property dispute resolution department. He possesses experience in real estate litigation, with a well-developed practice spanning a diverse range of issues including dilapidations and development disputes.
Colin is a very thorough worker and analytical thinker. He adds the extra perspective. He's a pleasure to work with.
Colin has a wealth of experience providing practical, thorough and commercially astute advice that is tailored to the business environment it relates to.