Work Department

Rural Business and Renewables

Position

Peter is a highly experienced real estate lawyer with particular expertise in the rural, agricultural and farming sector.  Rural Scotland represents 95% of the land area and around a fifth of the population.  His experience and client portfolio reflects the diversity of this vibrant economic sector. An established name in rural legal circles, Peter acts for number of large estate owners and farmers, commercial operators, investors, developers, landlords, tenants and for a medium size Nursing home group. He also acts as the lead solicitor for Invercauld Estates and the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.

Peter is a former Chairman of The British Association for Shooting and Conservation and President of the European Hunters Association and has held outside appointments with the Home Office and with the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

Education

University of Dundee (1975 LLB).