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Agriculture and estates

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- Boodle Hatfield LLP (Oxford)
- Cripps LLP (Tunbridge Wells)
- Freeths (Oxford)
- Irwin Mitchell (Crawley, Chichester)
- Warners Solicitors (Sevenoaks, Tonbridge)
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- Birketts LLP (Chelmsford)
- Blake Morgan LLP (Southampton, Portsmouth)
- Brachers (Maidstone)
- Furley Page Solicitors (Canterbury)
- Knights (Tunbridge Wells)
- Spratt Endicott (Banbury, Brackley, Bicester, Buckingham)
- Whitehead Monckton (Maidstone)
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- Adams & Remers (Lewes)
- Birkett Long LLP (Colchester)
- Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (Guildford)
- Field Seymour Parkes LLP (Reading)
- Gepp & Sons Solicitors LLP (Chelmsford)
- Moore Blatch LLP (Southampton)
- Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP (Uckfield)
- Tees Law (Bishop’s Stortford)
- Thomson Snell & Passmore (Tunbridge Wells)
- Woodfines LLP (Sandy)

Leading individuals

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- Steve Colville - Warners Solicitors
- Iain Davis - Freeths
- Christopher Goldingham - Spratt Endicott
- Matthew Knight - Knights
- David Wybar - Birkett Long LLP

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Boodle Hatfield LLP provides ‘clear and comprehensive advice’ to more than 80 landed estates, including Grosvenor and the Bedford Estate. Fiona Graham stands out for her ‘initiative, efficiency, promptness and practical, lucid and succinct advice’. Natasha Hassall is also recommended.

At Cripps LLP, practice head Sally Firby led advice to Evremond Estate on the purchase of land to be used for the production of sparkling wine. Peter Scott is ‘very good for CGT and trust advice’.

Freeths’ ‘diligent and experienced’ team is noted for its ‘well-rounded, client-focused advice’. Agricultural property specialist Iain Davis leads the six-partner team and stands out for his knowledge of housing developments. Also recommended are the ‘extremely user-friendly’ Samantha Leigh and Jane Maitland, who is a key name for succession planning. Clients include the Carington Estate and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.

Key names in Irwin Mitchell’s ‘excellent’ team (which incorporates Thomas Eggar LLP’s practice following the merger of both firms) include James Pavey, who is valued for his ‘extraordinary attention to detail and thoroughness’; and Richard Venables Kyrke and Iain MacLeod. Highlights included advising on the sale of the Norris Castle Estate on the Isle of Wight.

Steve Colville’s practice at Warners Solicitors was bolstered in 2015 by the return of tax planning expert Philip Raggett from asb law LLP. Also recommended are litigator Michael McNally and criminal and regulatory specialist Tim Ryan.

Birketts LLP’s team is praised for its ‘practical and theoretical knowledge’ and it has notable property and private client expertise. Key names include senior associate Laura Pooley and associate Annabelle Rout, who are ‘responsive’.

Mark Charter leads the team at Blake Morgan LLP, which has been kept busy handling property purchases and sales, and refinancing.

Brachers is praised for its ‘excellent understanding, interpretation and application of the law’. Sarah Webster and Sarah Gaines ‘respond to matters promptly and thoroughly’. The ‘experienced’ Christopher Eriksson-Lee joined the firm in 2015 from Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP.

At Furley Page Solicitors, practice head Christopher Wacher advised a farming business on installing a solar array scheme.

At Knights, Matthew Knight stands out for his ‘excellent bedside manner combined with a tenacity in negotiating favourable settlements for his clients’. Clients include the Game Farmers’ Association and the NFU.

Spratt Endicott is ‘excellent in all departments’ and ‘good value for money’. Christopher Goldingham, David Endicott and Howard Meakin are notable names.

Whitehead Monckton’s ‘formidable team’ is jointly headed by Stephen Beck and Robert Coombe.

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