Agriculture

Woodfines’ Agri-Business and Rural Property team comprises a number of lawyers from a mix of disciplines including company commercial, real estate, employment and litigation. Our approach is tailored to the particular requirements of our clients whether it be a team organised to deal with the sale or purchase of a large farming company to an individual lawyer carrying out the transfer of land or dealing with an employment related issue.

In our experience, rural property goes outside the business envelope. With an emphasis on fully understanding the situation at hand we aim to provide individual solutions and to serve the agricultural community by working closely with other professionals on a long term basis. Here at Woodfines, we work with our clients’ accountants and are able to deal with all manner of trust property related issues.

Our services include:

• Farming partnership agreements and companies
• Farm Business Tenancies
• Tenancies under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
• Management contracting and share farming
• Sale and acquisition of land
• Sporting rights
• Grazing agreements
• The effect of the Common Agricultural Policy reforms
• Other land issues such as pipelines, telecommunications sites and wayleaves
• Use of redundant farm buildings for general business use

Key Contact:

Brian Hall