Dixcee Fast

Making a Will is crucial to ensure your assets are passed on exactly how you wish when you are no longer around. Crofters aren’t exempt from this. In fact, there are multiple factors which mean that it could be argued that a well thought through Will is even more essential for crofters to put in place. Crofting law is complex, so we’re sharing the six most important considerations for crofters to take into account before making a Will to ensure it is valid and executed as you expect.

We are currently dealing with a number of Farming Partnership disputes and some of our colleagues are similarly engaged. Many of the matters that are arising could have been avoided or more easily resolved if there had been a written partnership agreement in place. Other issues could have been resolved if that agreement had been updated as partners retired or passed away. I am thinking of one where there were five partners drafted so that when the father had was alive, he had the casting vote.

In August 2023 there were 112 company insolvencies registered in Scotland, six percent higher than the number in August 2022 and 44% higher than the pre-Covid figures of August 2019. Official statistics released by the Insolvency Service demonstrate that the retail sector continues to follow this upward insolvency trajectory – evidence that baking banana bread and family zoom quizzes aren’t the only trends to have fallen out of fashion post-covid.