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AGRICULTURAL LAND

Davitt Jones Bould specialists

 

 

Legal issues that may arise

 

  • Single Farm Payments

  • Public access and public liability

  • Farmland acquisitions and disposals

  • Boundary, covenant and easement disputes

  • Agricultural leases, tenancies and licences

  • Sporting licences

  • Funding and development agreements

  • Compulsory purchase

  • Environmental law issues including contamination and noise pollution issues

  • Sites of Special Scientific Interest and management agreements.

 

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Nearly 70% of the UK's land is used for agricultural purposes and around 1.5% of the country's workforce works in agriculture. More than half of England’s 57,000 farms have diversified in some form (for example, into Biofuels and tourism) according to Defra.   

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Examples of work undertaken by Davitt Jones Bould lawyers

 

  • Acquisition and disposal of farms and other heritage property.

  • Granting and renewing farm business tenancies on numerous sites including Wroxeter, Salisbury Plain and at Battle Abbey.

  • Obtaining an injunction to prevent persistent trespass by a farmer and his animals over a training estate on Dartmoor.

  • Acting in the agricultural receivership for the multinational professional services network of a farming partnership in Wiltshire where the debt exceeded £1.5m.

  • Advising in relation to Single Farm Payments and over 100 grazing licences.

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ABOUT DAVITT JONES BOULD​

As the largest, most experienced law firm specialising in real estate in the UK, we have been trusted advisors to the real estate market for 25 years. We have over 75 lawyers, all of whom joined us from senior in-house or private practice roles, and bring an average of 25 years’ post qualification experience each. With their expertise and commercial experience, we advise a prestigious client base in the public and private sector on the full spectrum of real estate legal issues, including commercial property, planning, property litigation, construction, environment, real estate finance and other related areas. Operating in our specialist area uniquely positions us to help other professional firms, and through our Real Estate Support solution we support teams in the silver circle, UK Top 30, US Top 50, the Big Four and beyond.

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