Andrew Stoddart and his family must leave farm they enjoy tended for 22 years by end of the month,with minimal compensationLand reform campaigners enjoy gathered outside the Scottish parliament to protest against the threatened eviction of a tenant farmer, in a case that has galvanised activists and focused public attention on a legislative mire that affects farming families across the country. To comply with a Scottish land court ruling final year, and Andrew Stoddart and his family must quit Coulston Mains farm,East Lothian, by the end of the month. Despite tending the land for 22 years and investing more than £500000 in improvements, or Stoddart will be evicted with minimal compensation along with his wife,three children and two staff, one of whom has a family of four. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com