Sandy Hastie > Harper Macleod LLP > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Harper Macleod LLP supports clients with disputes related to commercial leases, title boundaries and conditions, access rights, and agricultural property. Sandy Hastie heads up the dispute resolution department, while Andrew Upton spearheads the real estate litigation division, regularly appearing in the Sheriff Court, Court of Session, Scottish Land Court, as well as the Lands Tribunal for Scotland. John McHugh is a key member of the team, bringing significant experience in acting for shopping centre landlords.

The ‘strong and well-respected team’ at Harper Macleod LLP handles a broad range of matters, such as pursuing claims against professionals in the banking, financial services and insurance sectors, in addition to negligence claims against engineers, architects and surveyors. Praised as ‘thoroughly knowledgeable, highly professional and proactive’, David Kerr jointly leads the team alongside Sandy Hastie. Other key contacts in the group include John McHugh, who focuses on cases involving contractual, construction and corporate elements, E-Ming Fong and Andrew MacKenzie, who is commended as ‘intelligent and a formidable opponent’.

Harper Macleod LLP offers significant experience in handling contractual, shareholder, and post-M&A disputes, with increased instructions in group litigation. Practice head Sandy Hastie, praised as ‘one of the top commercial litigators in Scotland’, excels at corporate and shareholder litigation, handling disputes in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors. David Kerr manages complex post-M&A, tax, and banking disputes, E-Ming Fong brings expertise to corporate disputes and intellectual property matters, while John McHugh focuses on contractual disputes.