Brian Inkster has been very vocal in the press, radio and on TV over the issue. He has written 97 blog posts on this topic alone over the past six months.
The Crofting Commission recently accepted their decisions as being wrong and issued an apology to the crofters affected. However, conflict continues within the Crofting Commission with a clear divide between their convener and the other commissioners.
Brian Inkster said:-
I am honoured to be one of only three solicitors in Scotland shortlisted for this award.
Hopefully it will help to highlight further the plight of the ordinary crofter at the hands of a regulator that is out of control.
There is still much more that the Scottish Government needs to do to restore confidence in the Crofting Commission and I will be making my views known on that in the coming months.
Martin Minton, Angus Mackay, Brian Inkster, Evonne Morrison and Derek Flyn
Inksters recently strengthened their crofting law team by the addition of three new team members.
Derek Flyn joins Inksters as a crofting law consultant. Derek is one of the best known and most highly respected crofting law experts in Scotland. He co-wrote the first book on crofting law in 1990 and is currently writing a new up-to-date book on crofting law with Keith Graham. He was in recent years the Chair of the Scottish Crofting Federation and continues to be their Parliamentary Spokesman.
Derek, together with Keith Graham, produced the Crofting Law Sump Report which highlighted to the Scottish Government in 2014 all of the problem issues requiring to be addressed in crofting law. This is likely to lead to new crofting law legislation during the term of the new Scottish Government.
Derek lives in Beauly and has strong connections with the Isle of Skye where his wife comes from and where he once worked.
Derek will be assisting the crofting law practitioners at Inksters and providing them with specialist advice on complex crofting law matters.
Angus Mackay also joins Inksters. He is a legal consultant with a specialist interest in Community Empowerment, Land Reform and Renewable Energy.
Angus has worked for large commercial law firms and latterly for a renewable energy company. He will be dealing with general crofting and property transactions and giving specialist assistance in community acquisitions and renewable energy schemes.
Angus comes from the crofting township of Melness in Sutherland.
Evonne Morrison is joining Inksters as a Trainee Solicitor. Coming from Shetland she has an interest in crofting law and will be assisting the team in day to day crofting transactions/cases.
These three new team members join Brian Inkster and Martin Minton to provide Inksters’ clients with a formidable crofting law team of five.
Derek Flyn, Angus Mackay, Evonne Morrison, Martin Minton and Brian Inkster
Brian Inkster has dealt with crofting law matters for over 25 years and appears in the Scottish Land Court regularly and is often called upon to provide opinions on complex crofting law matters.
Brian is the Hon Secretary of the Crofting Law Group, a member of the Crofting Group of Scottish Land & Estates, the Cross-Party Group on Crofting at the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government Crofting Stakeholder Forum, the Crofting Register Stakeholder Forum and the Crofting Legislation Stakeholder Consultation Group.
Brian is a regular contributor at crofting law conferences and blogs about crofting law on this blog.
Martin Minton is a solicitor who has been with Inksters for five years concentrating on crofting law. Martin deals with crofting property transactions and disputes. He also deals with wills and executries involving crofting issues.
Martin comes from a crofting family in Dundonnell near Ullapool.
Martin has contributed articles and legal updates on crofting law for various publications and for this blog. He is the editor of the Crofting Law Group Newsletter.
Inksters’ crofting law team provide members of the Scottish Crofting Federation with a crofting law helpline.
If you need to call in the ‘Crofting Law A-Team’ then phone Rose Sullivan on 0345 450 0123 and she will direct you to a member of the team. Alternatively e-mail the crofting law A-Team or use the Contact Form on this blog to do so.
Brian Inkster has been shortlisted for Solicitor of the Year at the Law Awards of Scotland.
