The ALA and the WS Society present their 25th Anniversary Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture, which will be held at the Signet Library on Friday 10 June. To celebrate the 25th year of the conference, delegates will be joined by guest speaker the Rt Hon Lord Gill, who will make an informal address over an extended lunch.

Speakers:

• ­ Jon Robertson WS (Turcan Connell) (Conference Chair)

• The Rt Hon Lord Gill

• Michael Upton (Themis Advocates)

• Graham Gass (Turcan Connell)

• Clive Beer (Savills)

• Sarah Jackson (Savills)

• Peter Hall (Laurence Gould)

• Bob McIntosh (Tenant Farming Commissioner)

• Sarah-Jane Laing (SLE)

• Hamish Lean (Shepherd + Wedderburn)

Topics:

• Case Update and Reflections on Case Highlights from the last 25 Years

• Capital Taxes and the Modern Farming Business

• Increasing Values, be Careful What You Wish For? The Value of Carbon and the Unforeseen Consequences

• Farming in a Challenging World

• Has the Introduction of the Fixed Duration Tenancy Saved the Tenanted Sector in Scotland?

• Homing in on Housing - the Impact of Recent & Future Legislative Changes on Farmhouses and Cottages on Tenanted Farms

• The Road to Relinquishment – the Voluntary Termination of Agricultural Tenancies

The full conference timetable is available here.

The deadline for bookings is 5 pm on Friday 3 June.

Rates:

The event is open to all, with a preferential rate for ALA members and Writers to the Signet.

• ALA members/Writers to the Signet: £190 plus VAT

• Standard rate: £230 plus VAT

For further information please contact Mike Holland MRICS, Secretary & Adviser, Agricultural Law Association: mike.holland@ala.org.uk