Leading Inverness-based estate agency and one of Scotland's top law firms

We operate one of the leading estate agency services in Inverness and the Highlands and Islands, while as one of Scotland's leading law firms, Harper Macleod advises businesses, organisations and individuals on all of their legal needs in Scotland, the UK and beyond.

We have specialist lawyers in all legal disciplines, covering every service you are likely to need in both your business and personal life. Allied to this, our in-depth industry knowledge allows us to add value to you whatever sector you operate in.

Harper Macleod has been named Scotland's Law Firm of the Year nine times, most recently recognised as the Scottish Firm of the Year at the Chambers UK Awards 2025. This reflects the passion and dedication we bring to everything we do. Because we’re driven by your needs, not ours, we’ll work harder to understand your requirements. Our people are flexible, proactive problem solvers, who use law as a tool to provide innovative and tailored solutions that deliver a better outcome for you, or for your business.

Our roots

With a home in Gairloch and strong links to the Highlands and Islands, it was no surprise when Chairman and founding Partner Lorne Crerar led the move for Harper Macleod to open an Inverness office in 2004. Since then, we have grown to have the largest legal team in the Highlands and Islands, and the biggest Scottish law firm with a permanent presence in region.

In 2012 we opened an office in Thurso and in 2015 moved into Shetland by joining forces with one of the isles' biggest firms, Dowle, Smith & Rutherford. In 2016 we doubled the size of our Inverness office, and added the firm of Allen & Shaw to our ranks in the city, giving us a team of almost 30 people in the Inverness office alone. By September 2019 we had extended our physical footprint into Moray, taking over local firm Wink & Mackenzie to cement our position as the leading law firm in the area.

Our team on the ground provides a full range of legal services to our clients in Inverness and the rest of the Highlands and Islands.

Related Pages
Keep up to date with the latest property for sale

For full details and colour photographs of all the properties we have for sale or lease, please view our property list.

Useful links

Harper Macleod Personal Legal Services
Details of the other personal legal services we provide

Harper Macleod Services for Businesses & Organisations
Details of our commercial & public sector legal services

The Highland Council - Council Tax
Details of the Council Tax rates in Inverness

Registers of Scotland
Scotland's national land and property registers

The Law Society of Scotland
The governing body of Shetland solicitors

Crofting Commission
Regulators of the crofting system

SPC Scotland

Highland Solicitors Property Centre

  • I would like to thank Andrea Ross for her conveyancing services in relation to the purchase of our new home. Andrea was friendly, helpful, and very responsive to all enquiries. Her approach and personal character shone through, providing me with the reassurance that we were in good hands and all matters were dealt with professionally and in a timely manner. This has been the single most positive experience that I have had in dealing with any solicitor in relation to property conveyancing. In short, we received absolutely first-class service from Andrea Ross.
    Iain MacGillivray
  • We were very impressed with Harper Macleod, who handled the purchase of a property for us. Having bought and sold a number of properties in the last 12 years, this experience was head and shoulders above all the previous solicitors. Everything moved very smoothly.
    Janice Halcrow
  • Harper Macleod's house sale package was a huge bonus keeping our costs fixed and predictable. However, looking back we felt, most importantly, very reassured by your compliments on the attractiveness of our property and your confidence in our prospects for a sale. Your experienced estimate of how long it would probably take was helpful for our plans and indeed proved to be exactly as you forecast.

    Being a complex sale of several adjoining parts you seemed quite positive about the outcome and promoted the brochure with your excellent photos to a wide range of buyers and steered the viewings carefully to a successful conclusion. Your professionalism and confidence in completing all these taks on our behalf was so much appreciated. Certainly we would recommend your services and Harper Macleod in general - indeed have done so already.
    Rob and Lyn Howard