Agricultural & rural affairs

 

Examples of our recent work in this area include:

 

The sale of a large family farm, farmed by the family company and subject to tenancy agreements. Advising how best to change these arrangements to save tax and then handling the sale itself.

Purchase of land for use as an egg producing unit, negotiating further options, overage provisions and rights of pre emption.

Defending enforcement action in respect of the pollution of water courses.

Advising land owners on application made by tenants following the death of an original tenant.

The sale of farm land to the Secretary of State for Transport, involving conditional contracts and overage agreements, having first resolved complex tax issues resulting from an uncompleted business sale agreement entered into in the early 1990s.

Purchase by a foreign investor of a local stud for £2.9 million.

 

 

 

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Your principal contacts are:

 

Michael Batt
Jonathan Mathers
Suzanne Alston
Tim Fox