SOLID LEGAL ADVICE ON agricultural business structures & partnerships
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Making the right decision on agricultural business structures
The right decision can limit the likelihood of future disputes among partners and shareholders, for example, and make your exit strategy as seamless as it can be. It can even enable your business to qualify for exemptions and reliefs such as Agricultural Property Relief or Business Property Relief, where appropriate.
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Experience-backed, commercial advice
Whether you’re starting your business and want to set off on the right legal footing, or the evolution of your farm now requires a more tax-efficient or succession-friendly set-up, our specialist team is well-placed to advise you.
We have been working with farming families and agricultural business owners for generations and are rated in Chambers and The Legal 500 based on client feedback.
We welcome new senior associate to our agricultural team
We are delighted to welcome senior associate Adam Hale to our agriculture & estates team this month. Adam, a specialist in agricultural law, estate planning and estate administration, joins the…
Willans
Solicitors
Prescriptive rights – whose land is it anyway?
For prescriptive rights to arise over land, they have to have been exercised without force, secrecy or permission of the landowner. Winterburn v Bennet In the case of Winterburn v Bennett, the…
Robin Beckley MA (Oxon)
Partner
Private vs common land - use it or lose it
The High Court decision in Lancashire County Council v The Secretary of State for Environment is a salutary warning to landowners of the risks of not taking steps to prevent…
Robin Beckley MA (Oxon)
Partner
