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I have a friend who would like to buy a holiday home in Scotland but another friend who tried to do this this some years ago says you do not own the land but only have a lease. Is she correct?
I have a friend who would like to buy a holiday home in Scotland but another friend who tried to do this this some years ago says you do not own the land but only have a lease. Is she correct?
The Abolition of Feudal Tenure Act 2000 (the '2000 Act') abolished the feudal system of land tenure in Scotland and replaced it with a system of outright ownership of land. It is now possible to own land outright in Scotland in exactly the same way as it is in the rest of the UK.
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