James leads the Scottish Land Commission’s work around land and human rights, governance, and ownership. This touches upon a range of land reform issues from developing policy and legislative proposals to reform Scotland’s land market, to articulating the nature of carbon rights and what ownership means, to modernising the Common Good property regime, to improving access to land for new entrants to agriculture.
James also oversees the Commission’s research strategy and efforts to support research capacity in land reform issues.
James hails from a family farming background and has broad experience across private, public, and third sectors.
James MacKessack-Leitch
