CROFTS AND AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY

In a rural area, it is natural that we deal with farms, small holdings and crofts whether in connection with transfer or inheritance or marketing. Crofting is a specialised area in which many Solicitors in the Highland Area can claim expertise. 'A croft is a piece of land fenced around with legislation' is an old saying and there is more than a grain of truth in it. A croft is not a house, it is a piece of land on which there may or may not be a house and it may be owner occupied or tenanted. A tenant has security of tenure and can assign the tenancy to someone else who is approved by the Crofters Commission.

However, under the surface, there are numerous other sub-paragraphs in the story which require careful consideration such as the Tenant’s Right to Buy, Common Grazings, Crofter Forestry, Resumption, Decrofting, Clawback, Community Right to Buy and so on. We deal with crofting matters everyday.