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Iain Doran

Consultant

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Iain Doran

Consultant

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
1 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 1AP
United Kingdom
Languages English, French, German

Iain Doran is a consultant in the Real Estate group and specialises in commercial property development.

He has built an arbitration practice on property disputes, especially concerning rent reviews and also practises in the field of Stamp Duty Land Tax, Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, VAT and other property taxes. 

Iain is rated as a Leading Individual in his field by Legal Directories (one of only 6 in Scotland).

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Relevant experience

  • City Property (Glasgow) LLP (the investment property vehicle of Glasgow City Council) on the transfer of 2000 investment properties by means of a novel general transfer of the properties not requiring individual conveyances.
  • North Lanarkshire Council in a dispute with a tenant who had an option to purchase on the ability to include "hope value" in the land valuation, leading to a successful result in the Supreme Court.
  • Lloyds Banking Group on the disposal of their large central Edinburgh site for mixed use development.
  • Hargreaves Services plc in relation to saving the Scottish mining industry following its purchase of certain assets of Scottish Coal, which was liquidated in 2013.
  • Along with others, Land Securities and Henderson on the extension of Buchanan Galleries shopping centre, Glasgow (including a novel tax increment financing scheme).
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Memberships & Roles

  • Member, Scottish Property Federation tax and commercial committees
  • Member, The Law Society of Scotland's Tax Committee
  • Chairman, British Council of Shopping Centres (Scotland)
  • Immediate past chairman, British Council of Shopping Centres (Scotland)
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Lectures list

  • Rent Review – Where It Can Go Wrong
  • Lease Break Clauses – Traps for the Unwary
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Education

  • 1979 - Law LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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Expertise

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18/12/2015
@sipp Pension Trustees v Insight Travel Services - the Landlord Overcomes...
INTRODUCTION @sipp Pension Trustees v Insight Travel Services Limited [2015] CSIH 91 is a decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session (the Scottish equivalent of the Court of Appeal) from 11 December...
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01/04/2015
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - a new tax for Scotland from today
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) replaces stamp duty land tax (SDLT) for land transactions and leases relating to land in Scotland as from today, 1 April. LBTT is very similar to SDLT in most...
Law-Now Real Estate
30/04/2014
Inform - Real Estate
A bulletin from a series designed to inform our clients’ analysis of the Scottish Independence Referendum debate
Publication
01/10/2013
Land Registration - Where Are We Now?
The Act was passed by the Scottish Parliament in May 2012, and received Royal Assent on 10 July 2012. While many of the provisions are of primary interest to lawyers, Sheenagh Adams (the “Keeper of...
Law-Now
01/09/2013
Land and Building Transaction Tax - the latest position
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill has now passed through all its stages in the Scottish Parliament. It received Royal Assent, and therefore became law, on 31 July 2013. When will...
Law-Now
01/07/2012
A new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax for Scotland
The Scotland Act 2012, which was passed by the UK Parliament in April 2012, gives the Scottish Parliament new financial powers including the power to set taxes on land transactions and disposals to landfill...
Law-Now
01/11/2010
Supreme Court Allows "Hope Value" in Land Valuation
In a Supreme Court decision (Multi-Link Leisure Developments Limited v North Lanarkshire Council) in November 2010, North Lanarkshire Council (advised by the Dundas & Wilson Real Estate and Property Litigation...
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