BKF & Co

The conveyancing page covers residential buying and selling, with advice on marketing, mortgages, surveys, documentation and negotiation, and also deals with residential and commercial leases for landlords and tenants. The firm offers a fixed quotation on request and free storage of title deeds, but does not publish prices or set out the process in stages. Partner Brian Meldrum, who heads the property team, is the named contact.

• Partner Brian Meldrum heads the property team and handles residential purchases and sales
• Offers a fixed quotation on request and free storage of title deeds

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The firm advises employers of all sizes on contracts, policies, compliance, TUPE transfers, restrictive covenants, unfair dismissal and breach of contract, and advises employees on contract terms, termination and remedies. Partner Campbell Deane is named as the contact. There are separate employment pages for business and private clients, but neither gives fee information or detail on tribunal procedure.

• Separate employment pages for business clients and individual employees
• Covers TUPE, restrictive covenants and dismissal claims

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The wills, trusts and executries page covers will drafting, including wills designed to reduce inheritance tax, setting up and advising on trusts, and dealing with estates involving income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax. Ellyn Fyvie is given as the contact. The page is short and does not describe fees, the process involved or any accreditations held by the team.

• Service page covering wills, inheritance tax planning and trusts
• Named contact for private client enquiries

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Executry work is covered on the combined wills, trusts and executries page, which says the firm helps executors and next of kin identify those entitled to inherit and administer estates through to final distribution, including estates with income tax, capital gains tax or inheritance tax issues. No step by step guidance, fee information or named executry specialist is given beyond a contact, Ellyn Fyvie.

• Service page states the firm administers estates for executors and next of kin
• Handles estates with tax issues including inheritance tax

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Corporate and commercial work is led by consultant David Deane, who according to the firm has more than thirty years of commercial law experience and focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity fundraising. The firm also offers intellectual property and brand protection advice on copyright, trade marks, design rights and passing off. The main service page gives limited detail on the types of matter handled.

• Dedicated corporate and commercial page with a named head of team
• Separate intellectual property and brand protection service page
• People page lists corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions experience

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Partner Rory Cowan leads commercial litigation covering contract, construction and property disputes, professional negligence, insolvency, interdicts and boundary disputes, including cross-border cases for European companies. The firm is more widely known for defamation and reputation management work led by partner Campbell Deane, covering removal of online content, takedown orders and court action. Chambers UK ranks the firm and Mr Deane in Band 1 for that field in Scotland.

• Chambers UK 2027 ranks the firm Band 1 for Defamation/Reputation Management in Scotland, with Campbell Deane individually ranked in Band 1
• Separate service pages for commercial litigation, defamation and reputation management, and landlord and tenant disputes
• Named partners lead the litigation and defamation work

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