Lord Gill, Agricultural Tenancies

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DOI10.3366/elr.2019.0567
Published date01 May 2019
Date01 May 2019
Pages297-298

In a specialist area full of traps (frequently related to the serving and timing of notices) this book's predecessor editions have been essential companions for anyone with an interest in the law of agricultural holdings. It has long been recognised as the most authoritative text in the area. The first edition, The Law of Agricultural Holdings in Scotland, was published in 1982. The fourth edition is more than a mere updating, so a review is certainly merited.

The third edition predated the extensive changes to the law of agricultural tenancies brought in by the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003, so a new edition encompassing that would have been welcomed. As it is, further changes have been made by Part ten of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. Between these two legislative enactments the number of types of tenancy have proliferated, bringing concomitant complexities. At the time that the text of the fourth edition was finished not all of the reforms of the 2016 Act had commenced (indeed, that is the case even now). Helpfully, the book takes account of the 2016 Act. It is for the reader to track the commencement of those provisions.

While the title has been foreshortened, the text has lengthened. The fourth...

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