ALA and the WS Society are delighted to invite you to their 29th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture, to be held at the Signet Library on Friday, 5 June 2026. The programme brings together leading legal practitioners, government specialists and policy voices to provide updates on key developments in agricultural law. The conference will be chaired by Heather Bruce.

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS:

• Heather Bruce, Turcan Connell — Chair’s Welcome

• Michael Upton, Advocate — Case Update

• Alan Barr, Brodies; Sarah Jackson, Savills — Tenancies: Valuing the Invaluable

• Catherine Telfer, Turcan Connell — Rents without Tenancies and Tenancies without Rents?

• Aileen A Nimmo, Scottish Government Litigation Division; D. Alan Fraser, Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Division — Dispute Resolution under The Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 – the practicalities

• Rob Black, Tenant Farming Commissioner — Tenant Farming Commissioner’s Update and Future Challenges

• Hamish Lean, Shepherd and Wedderburn — Legislative Lacunae

• Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones FALA, Chair, Agricultural Law Association — UK Perspective from the ALA

RATES:

• ALA members / Writers to the Signet: £228 incl. £38.00 VAT

• Standard rate (Non-ALA / Writers to the Signet): £300 incl £50 VAT

• Student: Free

All rates include a sit down lunch and refreshments at the Signet Library hosted this year by The Honourable Lord Duthie, Chair of The Scottish Land Court.

If you have any dietary requirements email: enquiries@ala.org.uk by the 21 May 2026.

Deadline for bookings is 5.00 pm on Thursday 22 May 2025.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Registration open at 9 am for a 9.30 am start.

CPD/TCPD: 5.5 hours (Law Society of Scotland)

The conference will be held in the Upper Library which is only accessible via steps.

If you have any questions, please contact Mike Holland MRICS, Secretary & Adviser, Agricultural Law Association.