About

Provided by Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Real Estate Litigation team has long been recognised as one of the leading property disputes practices in Scotland, complementing the strength of the firm’s market-leading Real Estate team. The team is headed by Colin Archibald, who is recognised for his experience in handling high value, complex litigations.


Working with the Real Estate team, we advise on a full range of property dispute work, from complex property contract disputes, dilapidations claims, landlord and tenant issues, title disputes and rural property claims, to volume debt recovery work. 

We are highly experienced and draw on strong technical skills and sound commercial awareness to deliver pragmatic, solutions-focused results for our clients.

Our client roster extends from large corporates, public and third sector organisations to SMEs, estate owners and high net worth individuals, and includes commercial landlords and tenants, house-builders, developers, retailers, utilities, funders and local authorities.


Chambers Review

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Real Estate Litigation - Scotland

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Band 2

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.

Work Highlights

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  • Shepherd and Wedderburn represented BT in a Court of Session action by BAM TCP Atlantic Square regarding disputed ownership of property situated between BT’s premises and an adjacent site developed by BAM TCP.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Colin Archibald
Head of Real Estate Litigation
2
Band 2

Colin Archibald possesses experience in real estate litigation, with a well-developed practice spanning a diverse range of issues including dilapidations and development disputes.

Colin provides pragmatic and timely advice.

Colin is commercially astute and legally sound, with an ability to deal with complex and fast-moving situations.

Ranked Lawyers at
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

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Scotland

Real Estate Litigation

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Colin Archibald
Head of Real Estate Litigation
2
Band 2

Members

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Colin Archibald

Head of Department

Daniel Bain

Elaine Brailsford

Stephanie Hepburn

Stephen Humphreys