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Limited Liability Partnership | |
Industry | Legal |
Founded | 1754 |
Headquarters | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
Area served | Scotland |
Services | Legal Services & Land Management |
Website | burnett-reid |
Burnett & Reid LLP is a full service law firm based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The firm claims to be the oldest legal practice in the city and one of the longest established legal practices in the United Kingdom. [1]
Aberdeen is a city in northeast Scotland. It is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and 228,800 for the local council area.
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Sharing a border with England to the southeast, Scotland is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, by the North Sea to the northeast and by the Irish Sea to the south. In addition to the mainland, situated on the northern third of the island of Great Britain, Scotland has over 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.
Burnett & Reid LLP are ranked in the UK Legal 500 for Private Client, [2] and by Chambers & Partners for their expertise in Agricultural Law. [3] According to the firm's website [4] their full practice includes the areas of:
The firm are also members of the ASPC. [5]
Burnett & Reid was first established by William Burnett on 11 July 1754, when Burnett was fully admitted to membership of Society of Advocates. [6] William was eventually succeeded in the business by his sixth son, Thomas Burnett, who joined the business in 1796, [6] and who in turn was joined in the business in 1823 by his son, Newell Burnett. [6] Following the death of his father, Newell Burnett assumed John Reid as a partner at which point the firm first began trading under the name of "Burnett & Reid". [6] In 2012 the firm converted to an LLP, adopting the name Burnett & Reid LLP. [7]
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