Fergus Colquhoun
Fergus trained with a leading Edinburgh private client firm, gaining extensive experience in most aspects of urban and rural property law, trust law, and taxation. After qualifying, he worked for a year in-house on a highland estate overseeing the voluntary registration of title, and providing legal advice pertaining to all areas of the business. Since calling to the bar in 2020, Fergus has developed a diverse practice focusing on property law, trusts and succession, and planning and environmental law.
Fergus has broad experience of property law disputes. He has developed a particular expertise in rural property disputes, including agricultural holdings and crofting law. He also advises in matters relating to residential and commercial leases, and in disputes over servitudes and real burdens.
Fergus regularly advises on questions relating to succession (including the administration of estates) and trust law. He is regularly instructed to provide opinions on the terms of wills and trusts, with a particular focus on providing practical advice to avoid costly litigation in small estates where possible. He acts for litigants in challenges to wills on a regular basis. Fergus also has a personal interest in peerage and heraldic law and has provided advice on a variety of different practical issues in those areas, both as a solicitor and as an advocate.