Year of Call: 1989

Areas of Practice:
- Property
- Personal Injury
- Professional Negligence
- Agricultural
- Trusts & Succession

Gail Joughin

Gail Joughin called in 1989 and has experience in property and land law, agricultural law, conveyancing and other contractual issues, trusts and succession, negligence and personal injuries law and medical and other professional negligence.

Cases in which Gail has appeared include:

• Morrison Low v Paterson (No 2)  1998 SLT 564 - agricultural tenancy and executors
• Orttewell v Gilchrist 1998 SLT (Sh Ct) 63 - Legal Aid provisions
• Esk Frozen Foods Ltd v New Hampshire Insurance Co Ltd  1998 SLT 899 - insurance
• Hill v Wildfowl Trust (Holdings) Ltd (No 2)  1998 SLT (Sh Ct) 89 - agricultural leases
• Wimpey Homes Ltd v Collins  1999 SLT (Sh Ct) 16 - servitude right of access
• Crowe v French  2000 SCLR 832 - personal injuries for horse riding accident
• Gaul v Deerey  2000 SCLR 407 - reduction of Will
• Stewart v Obertelli  1999 SCLR 104 (Land Court) - agricultural holdings
• Budge v Forrest-Jones  2000 SLT 578 - crofting
• Yule v Forbes  2004 SLT (Sh Ct) 13 - personal injuries - recoupment of payment for section 8 services
• Thomas v Allan  2004 SC 393 - servitude right of access
• Bell v Inkersall Investments  2006 SC 507 - existence of agricultural tenancy
• Prosper Properties v Bell  25 March 2008, Dumfries Sheriff Court - existence of agricultural tenancy

Gail was recognised in the editorial section of Chambers UK's Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession (2009) as possessing "strong land law and landlord and tenant knowledge".  She is placed in Band 1 in its ranking of leading juniors in Agricultural and Rural Affairs.

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