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Specialist advice on any rural business and property legal issues


Our Rural Business and Property Team want to help you understand the issues surrounding rural business and property affairs so your family and business can prosper.

With a wealth of experience and a team who are passionate about the sector, our agricultural lawyers can assist in matters relating to family and corporate farms and estates, laws relating to rural property and the disposal, letting and diversification of rural property.


Our specialist services include:


  • Property sales and purchases
  • Farm Business Tenancies creation and advice
  • Pre-1995 Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies and advice
  • Voluntary first registrations of title
  • Contract farming
  • Grazing licences
  • Business structures including partnerships and companies
  • Diversification
  • Tenancies and leases for commercial units
  • Succession planning for families including Inheritance Tax advice
  • Telecom leases
  • Boundary disputes and adverse possession issues
  • Removal of travellers and other trespassers
  • Public and private rights of way
  • Residential tenancies


Chambers Review

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Agriculture & Rural Affairs - The South

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Mayo Wynne Baxter's specialist team handles conveyancing and tenancy matters, including those related to agricultural holdings, farm businesses and telecoms leases. The practice also assists with agricultural tenancies and succession planning. It offers further expertise in relation to environmental regulations, often acting for farming clients in disputes matters.

Strengths

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The firm offers us a high level of expertise across all areas of our business. It is experienced and knowledgeable and always gives us sound advice on how to proceed.

Agriculture & Rural Affairs respondent
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Mayo Wynne Baxter has an excellent practical grasp of the issues affecting land development and the relevant legal frameworks.

Agriculture & Rural Affairs respondent
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Notable Practitioners

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Simon Baillie-Hamilton
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Simon Baillie-Hamilton
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Band 1
Simon Baillie-Hamilton heads both the property and rural business teams at the firm. He regularly acts for landowners and rural businesses.

Simon is very professional and a pleasure to work with.

His knowledge is incredible.

He is always responsive to our requests and I trust him completely to support us with legal advice and the many varied services that we require.

Simon is both experienced and knowledgeable. He understands our business and the complexities of a fast-moving environment.

He has very good experience in agricultural and rural property matters.

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Simon Baillie-Hamilton
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Simon Baillie-Hamilton
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Members

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Louise Trist