Terra Firma Chambers

Congratulations to Roddy Macleod on his appointment as Second Standing Junior to the Advocate General for Scotland. terrafirmachambers.com/news.html?news…

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to announce that Alan Innes has joined the stable having called to the Bar today. Everyone at TFC extends a warm welcome to Alan and wishes him a long and successful career at the Bar.

TFC's Kenneth Young successfully represented the appellant in an appeal to the Upper Tribunal against a decision that a heritable creditor, which was not in possession, was responsible for the statutory repairing obligation in a tenanted flat: tinyurl.com/yc2n6hu2

TFC have been ranked in 6 practice areas in @ChambersGuides latest edition and received 32 individual recommendations. This includes our 10th successive Band 1 ranking for Planning & Environmental law. Thank you to all our referees for providing feedback! tinyurl.com/mr3mc23n

The @thelegal500 praise Terra Firma's 'Broad Range of Talent' with 25 individual rankings across our core practice areas. Thank you for the researchers and all those who provided feedback. terrafirmachambers.com/news.html?news…

“Contentious Executries: Commissary & Executry Litigation in Scotland” by Terra Firma Chambers’ Roddy MacLeod is available to buy for a limited time at a discounted rate. Read a review and get your copy here: terrafirmachambers.com/news.html?news…

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to announce that Mark Mohammed has been appointed to the rank of King’s Counsel.  Mark is one of fifteen new silks appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of the First Minister. Congratulations Mark! terrafirmachambers.com/news.html?news…

TFC’s Fred Mackintosh KC has been appointed Senior Counsel to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. Acting on the instructions of the Chair, the Rt Hon Lord Brodie, and the Solicitor to the Inquiry, Fred will work alongside Michael Meehan KC & John MacGregor KC. tinyurl.com/5ae9d3pc

His Majesty the King, on the recommendation of the First Minister, has appointed Lady Elish Angiolini, L.T., as the new Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, the first woman to be appointed to the role. bit.ly/3OWX8nQ

Excellent and engaging speakers present the Scottish Planning, Local Government & Environment Law Bar Group’s summer seminar, sponsored by @GeddesTweets. #NPF4 #planning #law

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My latest article on my chambers' website, looking at important (& sometimes potentially very financially significant) questions arising in respect of obtaining the court's approval for expert witnesses in judicial proceedings in Scotland, which underwent…lnkd.in/eHH2U95N

A Requiem for the Twelve-Month Time-Bar: Fred Mackintosh KC considers the effect of two recently published HCJAC decisions on delay in trials. terrafirmachambers.com/articles.html?…

TFC's Scott Blair and Graham Dunlop appeared in the recent planning appeal of Bruce v Moray Council, following a decision to allow a housing development on a green corridor site. Read more: tinyurl.com/kwef8y5u

Terra Firma Chambers Licensing Seminar - Monday 30 January 2023 scottishlegal.com/articles/terra…

Our recent ‘Start the Week with TFC' series of webinars, with talks by Michael Howlin KC, @marklazarowicz, Robert Sutherland, Peter Grant-Hutchison, Kenneth Young and @KiddieJon, are now available on our YouTube channel: tinyurl.com/mhs3xudj. What a way to start the New Year!

‘Start the Week’ with TFC: a series of six webinars each Monday at 1pm from 31 October, starting with Michael Howlin KC on ‘Rescuing Insolvent Companies: the Basic Toolkit’ and followed each week by different topics core to our areas of practice. See: tinyurl.com/5dj86fxe

Terra Firma to Sponsor Property Bar Association Conference: terrafirmachambers.com/news.html?news…