At Porter Dodson we have a deep understanding of the needs and aspirations of farmers and land owners alike. This springs from a combination of our long established practice, the considerable body of farming and land owner clients we have, the experience we have gained in acting for them over very many years (in fact for generation after generation) and the considerable expertise we have to offer from our Rural Business, Land & Agriculture Team. Our emphasis is upon the personal contact we offer locally to our clients.
The first point of contact for them will be with the local Partner or Solicitor they have grown to know over the years. For new clients or their advisors initial contact can be made with Brian Maxwell in our Yeovil Office who is a member of the Agricultural Law Association.
We offer practical experience and specialist practitioners for farmers and land owners in areas such as:
- Selling and buying farms and land
- Selling development land
- The Single Payment Scheme and other subsidies and grants
- Town & Country Planning and Environmental issues
- Advising upon and creating partnerships and limited companies in addition to advising individuals
- Agricultural tenancies arising out of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and Farm Business Tenancies (including successions)
- Farm Business Tenancies under Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
- Surrender and Re-grant
- Grazing and Licence Agreements
- Tax advice in all areas, particularly in the context of Estate Planning through lifetime transfers, the administration of estates, Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property Relief
- Matrimonial Law, including preserving assets
- Boundary, Title, Rights of Way disputes
- Acting for clients in the context of trespassers and squatters on their land