Tim Russ > Roythornes Solicitors > Huntingdon, England > Lawyer Profile
Roythornes Solicitors Offices
Incubator 2, The Boulevard
Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4XA
England
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Tim Russ
Work Department
Litigation, Agricultural Property, Notary
Position
Partner
Career
Tim is a senior dispute resolution lawyer specialising in agricultural law, food law, private client and property disputes. He advises on agricultural tenancies, landlord and tenant disputes, property disputes, partnership disputes, professional negligence claims, Single Farm Payment, quota disputes and contractual claims. Tim has handled a number of judicial reviews especially for food businesses and farmers against the Foods Standards Agency and DEFRA. He also handles wills, probate and trust disputes both for trustees and beneficiaries including disputes under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. He has a particular interest in animal disease issues and has dealt with many of leading cases concerning both Bovine Tb and Foot and Mouth disease. He has also acted in a number of leading cases concerning the licensing and regulation of meat businesses. Tim is a qualified mediator accredited by both the ADR Group and CEDR, is on the Court of Appeal mediation panel and is accredited as a practitioner member by the Law Society Civil and Commercial mediation panel. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and sits as an arbitrator as well as advising arbitrators and on occasions sitting with them as legal advisor.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Agriculture and estates
The agriculture team at Roythornes Solicitors works for farm businesses and estates across England on a range of matters, with a particular expertise in Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies. Tim Russ specialises in disputes surrounding agricultural law, food law, private client and property, while Claire Hindmarsh advises clients on all aspects of rural property. Edd Johnson leads the natural resources team, while Tim Galloway focuses on estate planning with a particular focus on business succession and trust restructuring.
East Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Leading individuals)Roythornes works closely with various farms and estates on a range of disputes, including those concerning propriety estoppel and disputes about wills and trusts from landed clients. The agriculture and food industries are particular focus areas for the team. Tim Russ is an expert in litigation involving land and agricultural property, while Jak Ward focuses on disputes regarding the interpretation, construction and validity of a will. Gavin Faber joined the team from Gateley Legal in April 2023.
East Anglia > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Roythornes Solicitors has a large agriculture practice across its Spalding office and its Huntingdon office, which is increasingly becoming a more significant hub of activity. Practice head Tim Russ who has ‘an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism‘, spends more time in the Alconbury office, alongside Claire Hindmarsh who is an authority on rural property matters. Agricultural property partner Matthew Hesketh joined the practice in September 2022 from Mills & Reeve LLP. As well as property matters, the firm is also highly regarded for commercial, tax and succession planning advice. They are noted as being able to ‘speak from experience on most matters’.