Agricultural Law Solicitors

North Wales and Chester

Our experienced Agricultural Law team based across our three offices in Wrexham, Llanrwst and Chester can assist you with:

Property

• the sale and purchase of agricultural land
• the grant of farm business tenancies and grazing licences
• providing advice on Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies (and succession rights)
• service of notices to quit/termination of tenancies (AHA tenancies and FBTs)
• selling land at auction
• first registrations of land and farms (including applications based on lost or missing deeds and adverse possession)
• prescriptive easements
• rectification of title applications
• advice on sporting rights and profits a prendre

Wills Trusts and Estates

• succession and tax planning, including drafting Wills and Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• advising on Inheritance Tax (IHT) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) claims
• dealing with the estates of relatives and obtaining Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration
• Deeds of Variation of Wills
• the assent or transfer of agricultural land from estates

Family

Our family team can help you deal with all aspects of divorce and the breakdown of relationships to include:

• the division of finances on separation
• cohabitee disputes and pre-nuptial agreements
• the resolution of child arrangements in circumstances of separation.

They have extensive experience of dealing with the complexities that come with dividing assets in agricultural/farming divorces and separations, which can often involve complex business structures and trusts, complex positions on income and of course the emotional attachment that comes with the ownership of the farm and land.

Dispute Resolution

We have considerable experience and can assist you with all types of disputes which affect your farming business:

• Partnership disputes
• Boundary disputes
• Contractual disputes e.g. faulty farm machinery, disputes with suppliers, insurance disputes
• Farm Business Tenancy disputes
• All types of land disputes including rights of way, ownership disputes, family disputes
• Contested probate disputes in relation to inheritance
• Trespass, nuisance and other claims e.g. arising from escaping animals or water

We are also happy to advise prior to disputes arising, with a view to avoiding them.  We also offer mediation services

Criminal and Regulatory

• animal welfare prosecutions
• health and safety
• environmental and pollution prosecutions
• motoring offences.

Corporate & Commercial

We can advise and assist you with:-

• Drafting Partnership Agreements or Shareholder Agreements
• Service contracts and agreements
• The sale or purchase of assets or shares

Employment

Our team is on hand to deal with any non-contentious or contentious employment matter you have to include:-

• Employment or Consultancy Agreements
• Advising upon employment status issues
• Workplace handbooks
• Workplace mediation
• Dealing with all of your day to day HR enquiries
• Representation in Employment Tribunal proceedings

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About our Agricultural Law Services