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Stephen Goldie’s four-partner property litigation team at Brodies LLP ‘always matches or exceeds clients ’ expectations when it comes to value for money, responsiveness and expertise’. Highlights for 2010 included advising Aberdeen City Council on the recovery of a seven-figure overage payment due from developer Stewart Milne Group. Goldie is ‘excellent at identifying the salient points of a problem’.

‘Exceptional in every way’, Burness LLP’s property litigation team advises Ladbrokes on all real estate matters. Practice head Alan McMillan is recommended for his ‘understanding of the situation, quality of advice, and ability to deal with a rapidly changing situation’.

Ewan Easton heads a broad property litigation practice at Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, ranging from boundary disputes to industrial sites issues. Recent highlights include acting for Junction Limited Partners on issues relating to its billboards in Glasgow.

McGrigors LLP’s property litigation team adopts a ‘pragmatic and thoughtful’ approach, with ‘a level of understanding that is invaluable’. Laura Cameron heads the team, which advised MacTaggart & Mickel Homes on a contract dispute regarding the purchase of a development plot.

At Shepherd and Wedderburn, practice head David Anderson is a ‘reassuring and knowledgeable presence’, and the team as a whole has ‘sufficient strength in depth to ensure continuity across the board’. Associate Colin Archibald gives ‘articulate, diligent advice’. Highlights included representing EDI Central in a successful claim against National Car Parks Limited to enforce obligations under a development agreement.

Dundas & Wilson CS LLP’s small property litigation team provides ‘impressive service with quick turnaround times’. Lorna Sibbald heads the practice, which in 2010 successfully defended North Lanarkshire Council in a Supreme Court appeal by Multi-Link Leisure Developments Limited.

Morton Fraser consistently provides ‘the highest level of professional service in an approachable and personable manner’. John Barrie heads the team, which in 2010 acted for Bank of Scotland in an access dispute relating to one of its long-lease premises.

Kenneth Carruthers’ property litigation practice at Semple Fraser LLP advised BAM Properties in an appeal against City of Edinburgh Council’s refusal to compensate it for land compulsorily taken for the Edinburgh tram.

Biggart Baillie LLP ‘excels with its speed of response’. Alistair Drummond advised Arcadia Group plc as tenant in a dispute regarding liability for redevelopment costs for one of the principal redevelopments in Glasgow.

The arrival in late 2009 of the ‘vastly experienced’ Sheila Webster, from Bell & Scott, has energised the property litigation practice at Davidson Chalmers LLP. Highlights included advising Beaghmor Group in a dispute with Station Properties Limited over breach of a lockout agreement.

MacRoberts LLP’s property litigation team provides ‘first-class service in all areas’. Practice head Julie Hamilton is recommended, and senior associate Gillian Craig is ‘very hardworking and knowledgeable’.

Elaine Brailsford’s two-partner team at Tods Murray LLP provides ‘strong support and technical expertise’ in complex planning-related property litigation.

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