ALA/WS Society 29th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture 2026

ALA and The WS Society are delighted to invite you to their 29th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture at The Signet Library on Friday, 5 June 2026.

Our timetable for the day is as follows:

09.25 – 09.30 Chair’s Welcome

Heather Bruce, Turcan Connell

09.30 – 10.00 Case Update

Michael Upton, Advocate

10.00 – 10.45 Tenancies: Valuing the Invaluable

Alan Barr, Brodies & Sarah Jackson, Savills

10.45 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.00 Rents without Tenancies and Tenancies without Rents?

Catherine Telfer, Turcan Connell

12.00 -12.30 Dispute Resolution under The Rural Payments (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 – the practicalities

Aileen A Nimmo, Scottish Government Litigation Division

D. Alan Fraser, Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Division

12.30- 14.15 Lunch

Hosted by The Honourable Lord Duthie, Chair of The Scottish Land Court

14.15 – 14.45 Tenant Farming Commissioner’s Update and Future Challenges

Rob Black, Tenant Farming Commissioner

14.45 – 15.15 Legislative Lacunae

Hamish Lean, Shepherd and Wedderburn

15.15 – 15.30 UK Perspective from the ALA

Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones FALA, Chair, Agricultural Law Association

15.30- 16.00 Tea

The deadline for bookings is 5pm on Thursday, 21 May 2026.

If you have any dietary requirements email: [email protected] by the 21 May 2026

This year our preference is not to print the conference pack. This will be emailed to all delegates post the conference. Please advise by the 21 May 2026 if you require a hard copy to - [email protected]

As with all our Conferences, the event is open to Members and Non-Members with a preferential rate for ALA and WS Society Members. If you are not a Member and would like to join the Association, please click here

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