Benefits we bring to your business
We also act for smaller housebuilders, developers and also for landowners (including farmers, golf clubs and insolvency practitioners) who wish to sell land for residential development and require expert advice.
Our dedicated plot sales team sell more than 2,000 new homes on behalf of our clients every year.
We offer a full service to our clients including Planning, Construction and (where required) Litigation advice.
Further services include:
- Acquisition of residential development sites
- Option Agreements
- Promotion Agreements
- Corporate Joint Venture Advice
- Development Agreements
- Environmental
- Forward Funding
- Legal Due Diligence
- Planning
- Property & Property Finance
- Real Estate Litigation
- Sales & Acquisitions
- Site Assembly
Our approach is to tackle issues head on. We complete deals quickly and efficiently, while ensuring that our clients are fully protected legally.
What our clients and peers say:
Our structure and governance is complex and their advice always takes this into account and is tailored to our needs.
Legal 500 2021/22
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Our business has worked with Morton Fraser for many years at a corporate level and they have handled our Scottish property work for 20 years. You get prompt, accurate and commercial advice and they are a pleasure to work with. They are keen to explore new ideas and find solutions. On the rare occasion that there has been an issue, it has been dealt with extremely professionally.
Legal 500 2019/20
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Experience, attention to detail and good lawyers who are technically strong with commercial understanding.
Chambers and Partners 2019/20
A developer's golden vote - Marshall & Others v Granton Homes Limited
In this case, the Applicants sought the discharge, in terms of Articles 22(1)(c) and 23(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Deve...
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10 August 2023
Not so happily ever after
A recent case involving an events and wedding venue gives pause for thought on the drafting of servitudes (rights that benefit one piece of ...
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22 March 2022
Time to save
"I can't wait to get back in the office" is not a phrase I thought I'd ever be saying with such vigour. However, after going through the fir...
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18 January 2021