On this page I plan to outline some of the specific areas
of work I have been engaged in over the years. The topics
will be accompanied by resources and links to learn more
about the subject.
Reforesting Scotland Norway
Study Tour 1993
details to follow
Land Reform Act 2003
During the work of the Scottish Office Land Reform Policy
Group, I prepared responses. To properly understand these
you should have copies of the relevant consultation papers.
These are available on the Scottish Executive website
here.
Response to Identifying the
Problems February 1998 - 28 pages (72kb pdf)
Response to Identifying the
Solutions September 1998 - 11 pages (32kb pdf)
During the passage of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003,
I prepared a number of briefings. These are all published
by the Caledonia Centre for Social Development and are
available here.
Briefing No. 1 on the Land Reform White Paper (August 1999)
Briefing No. 2 on the Ministerial Statement of November
1999 (December 1999)
Briefing No. 3 Analysis of the Draft Bill of February 2001
(March 2001)
Briefing No. 3 Issues raised by the Draft Bill of February
2001 (May 2001)
Briefing No. 5 The Abolition of Feudal Tenure - A Guide for
Communities (April 2001)
Briefing
No. 6 Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 Part 2 - Community
Right to Buy. A Two Year Review 2004-2006 (February
2007)
During the scrutiny of the Land Reform Bill, I also gave
written and oral evidence to the Justice 2 Committee on 9
January 2002.
Written evidence (20kb pdf)
Transcript of evidence (link to
Scottish Parliament website
Scottish Estates Economic
Study
This economic analysis of Scottish Estates was commissioned
by the Scottish Estates Business Group
from the Scottish Agricultural College and published
in January 2004. It was fundamentally flawed.
The Summary Report (732kb pdf)
SAC Press Release (72kb pdf)
My Critique (84kb pdf)
The Cuillin Story
To follow
Landownership
Investigations
To follow. Research looking at Glen Feshie, Corrour and
Braulen Estates, mainly concerning offshore landownership
and tax avoidance.
Scottish Commons and the
Common Good
For further information see Caledonia Commonweal website
