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Insolvency sales and the community right to buy in Scotland: traps for the unwary

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Published on: 24 June 2019
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Table of contents

  • Key points
  • Land reform and community engagement: An overview
  • Why does this matter to insolvency practitioners?
  • Value
  • Timing and delays
  • Not exempt
  • Practical implications for a sale
  • The position in England

Article summary

Property analysis: Susan Gillon, Counsel in Dentons' Glasgow office and Sarah Peock, senior practice development lawyer at Dentons based in the Edinburgh office consider the legal and practical issues of the Community Right to Buy regime faced on an insolvency sale of property in Scotland by an insolvency practitioner.

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