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Agricultural disputes

Our nationally renowned agricultural disputes lawyers provide expert and practical analysis and resolve disputes effectively.  

Agricultural disputes legal expertise by Burges Salmon, providing solutions for land ownership and tenancy issues.

The rural sector gives rise to multiple challenging issues.

These will sometimes require expert and practical advice to understand a position, embark on a new project, or to help to deal with a dispute.  

Unlike most firms, our agricultural disputes lawyers cover all of these areas. This means that they can offer expert and practical analysis across a range of rural issues, without the need for there to be a dispute. Often, clients simply want to understand their position, and we help them do just that.

But when disputes occur, and this is a sector in which that can happen, our agricultural disputes lawyers have the skills and experience to deal with them effectively. We work as part of a team, whether directly with the client, land agents, accountants, barristers or with other advisers.

Services

Agricultural tenancies

The full range of matters relating to agricultural tenancies, whether under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 or the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995, including Notices to Pay, Notices to Quit, and Succession applications.

Securing possession of tenanted land

For development or renewables projects, including dealing with Case B issues.

Surrenders and re-structuring

Such as re-engineering rural tenancies and occupational agreements to embrace new opportunities for rural land, and advising on complex rent reviews.

Freehold land issues

Including: land ownership, Restrictive covenants, Easements, Adverse possession and Boundary issues.

Litigation

Including mediation and other alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Contractual, tortious and other issues

Natural Capital projects

Rural residential issues

Arbitrations

Partnerships, their terms and dissolution

Proprietary estoppel

Examples of our work

Major landowners with rural portfolios

We advise a number of major landowners on the management of their rural portfolios, helping them with both strategic and everyday issues.

Landowners developing land

Acting for landowners to obtain possession of land for development.

Natural capital

Advising institutional and family landowners on the potential for natural capital projects.

Re-engineering

Advising landowners of the overhaul of their letting arrangements, and making their land fit for the future as let estates.

Partnerships

Advising partners on the creation and dissolution of partnerships.

Renewables

Advising renewables companies and landowners as to intended projects.

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What others say

“We have used Burges Salmon for many years. Their speciality of landed estate work and experience with private client family complexities has always given us confidence in making long-term decisions.”

Legal 500 2025

“The lawyers navigated a very tangled path with great patience to discover optimal solutions to the issues. The whole team works together with efficiency and everyone knows what we require. ”

Chambers HNW 2024

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