The common grazings guidance recently issued by the Crofting Commission is, at first glance, rather difficult to digest. You may feel that sinking of the heart commonly experienced when reading of bureaucratic procedures and practices.

Here are ten things for 2019 – stuff you might want to look out for over the coming year.

More useful, I hope, than being subjected to hopes of yoga, fewer biscuits, and better time efficiency.

Important new crofting research has just been published on the subject of support mechanisms for crofting.

Building a new croft house is an expensive and exciting project, and is a topic I regularly advise on.

Compensation to crofters for permanent improvements is one of the original principles on which crofting law was established.

The second batch of Commissioners (since the commencement of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010) was elected to the Crofting Commission in March this year.

This is the second in a series 4 posts on the purchasing of tenanted crofts by crofters.

I am often asked to assist tenant crofters and landlords in negotiating the terms of a croft purchase or sale.

Of the many problems afflicting crofting legislation, one in particular crosses my desk more than others: that of crofts which are not tenanted nor owner-occupied, but are a strange third type of croft.