Ralph Smith QC and Donald Davidson successfully represented the claimants in an arbitration, WM Rennie & Co Limited v BP Exploration Operating Co Limited. The issue was whether the claimants who were housebuilders and landowners were entitled to compensation on account of development land being sterilised due to BPs oil pipeline. more...
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News from Feb 2011
Roy Martin QC, Chairman of Terra Firma Chambers and former Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, has been called as Master of the Bench of Middle Temple. more...
Ralph Smith QC successfully appeared for The Highland Council in upholding a decision of the planning authority, in the recent case of Tesco Stores Limited v The Highland Council and Asda Stores Limited. The decision under challenge was to grant planning permission to Asda for a large supermarket in Tain. more...
Ralph Smith QC successfully appeared for The Highland Council as planning authority, in the case of G Hamilton (Tullochgribbon Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council and Ennstone Thistle. The case involved the listing of a quarry in the context of the review procedure for mineral permissions (ROMP applications). more...
Derek Francis of Terra Firma Chambers is to present a paper at a Trust Management Conference. Trust Management: The Changing World of Scottish Trusts will be hosted by Offshore Professional Conferences Ltd on Tuesday 10th May 2011 at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. more...
Terra Firma Chambers are to Sponsor Community Representative Place at Planning Conference more...
Steven lectures on the LLM in international arbitration at the University of Edinburgh and he has been individually nominated for a EUSA Teaching Excellence Award 2011. more...
William Frain-Bell of Terra Firma Chambers successfully represented Diamond Developers in a contractual dispute before the Dubai World Tribunal, the first ever hearing with witnesses before the Tribunal. more...
Steven Walker of Terra Firma Chambers is presenting a paper to the Arbitration in Scotland: Why and How? conference to be held on Wednesday 23rd March 2011 at the Glasgow Hilton. more...
