Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill - Policy Memorandum. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/leases-automatic-continuation-etc-scotland-bill/introduced/policy-memorandum.pdf [accessed 16 January 2025]A recent example of the problems caused by the law is a Court of Session case in 2019 involving the termination of a 15 year lease at an Amazon warehouse at Gourock.iM7 Real Estate Investments Partners VI Industrial Propco Limited v Amazon UK Services Limited [2019] CSOH 73
In this case the landlord had followed the common law notice period, but the tenant (Amazon) argued that the rules in the 1907 Act should have been followed (i.e. one year's notice) as the site was larger than two acres.