Our Rural Land Team

Alison Martin is the Partner in charge of our Rural Land Department.

Gail C Jamieson (Associate)

Gail has been a qualified solicitor since 1999 and joined Macleod & MacCallum in November 2010. She trained in Aberdeenshire, joining a large North-East law firm in 2001 to run one of their branch offices. With a background in conveyancing, trusts and private client work, Gail moved to Inverness in 2005, and since that time has assisted clients with a wide variety of rural land law issues, focusing on crofting, agricultural law and Scottish Land Court cases. She is a member of the Crofting Law Group.

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David Findlay (Solicitor)

David qualified as a Solicitor in 2005. He completed his traineeship in the Western Isles and thereafter practised in Perthshire before joining Macleod & MacCallum in 2008. David’s principal area of interest and expertise is rural land law, from crofting and agriculture to renewable energy developments and advising rural estates. He has been a Director and Trustee of Scottish Native Woods since 2005 and has a keen interest in all aspects of conservation. David also has a PhD in History and Celtic from the University of Aberdeen.

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Ruth McLaughlan (Paralegal)

Ruth joined Macleod & MacCallum in 1997, initially working in the Property Department for a number of years. She then began training as a Paralegal in March 2003, completing her formal qualification in 2005 by way of a distance learning course with Strathclyde University. Ruth has previous experience in our Residential Conveyancing Department, dealing with the purchase and sale of residential property. She is currently based in our Rural Land Department, dealing with all aspects of agricultural and rural land and property.