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Robin Beckley MA (Oxon)

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I am a partner and head of the firm’s agriculture & estates team.

I work with a wide range of rural clients on a variety of matters, primarily of a transactional nature. My work ranges from the disposal and acquisition of agricultural land and related subsidies for farming clients, through to the disposal of agricultural land for development by option or promotion agreements and advice on overage agreements.

Working together with the litigation department should negotiations become contentious, I also deal with the partition of agricultural land and farms between family members (and related negotiations).

T 01242 542934 E robin.beckley@willans.co.uk
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Key skills

  • Complex rural land transactions
  • The sale and purchase of rural property
  • General advice to rural landowners
  • Farm business tenancies and related work
  • Overage-related issues and the sale of land with overage agreements
  • Options
  • Division of land between family members

Experience highlights

I qualified in 1982 and so can bring experience to bear in dealing with complex property issues and transactions.

As an example, I have dealt with various disposals of valuable development land to national house builders for substantial sums, involving deferment of payment of part of the purchase price and related arrangements.

Over my 35 years of practising in Gloucestershire, I have become a ‘trusted adviser’ to many of my clients, and as such am often invited to become their executor or trustee.

  • "He ‘gets to the bottom of matters quickly and effectively’, ‘cuts through the waffle and straight to the important issues’, and ‘takes a thoroughly practical view of how to keep a deal going."
    Chambers UK

  • "..."down-to-earth, practical and professional," with "detailed knowledge and experience, as well as understanding the particular needs of different clients.""
    Chambers UK

  • "He takes a 3D view to provide comprehensive and specific advice..."
    Chambers UK

  • "Robin Beckley has an excellent understanding of the problems clients face and solves them readily"
    The Legal 500 UK

  • "A "good, sound lawyer" who is "well versed in the agricultural property market."
    Chambers UK

  • ""He came back with answers immediately and gave us constructive advice. He has great knowledge, but also demonstrates a practical application of the law to suit day-to-day issues"."
    Chambers UK

Robin Beckley MA (Oxon) can help you with a range of services

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Prescriptive rights – whose land is it anyway?
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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…

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Private vs common land - use it or lose it
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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…

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High calibre appointment for our rural department
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A well-known and established rural lawyer has joined our partnership. Robin Beckley is now the partner in charge of our agriculture & estates department. An Oxford graduate with an extensive…

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