Miles Farren
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Work Department
Agriculture.
Position
Partner. Miles handles disputes of all types relating to land with a particular interest in agriculture. Miles is also an expert in the field of contentious trust and probate disputes, proprietary estoppel, agricultural tenancies, resulting and constructive trusts, partnership and banking disputes. Miles was the instructing solicitor in the Court of Appeal cases Jewel v McGowan [2002] 3EGLR 87 (alleged breach of agriculture only user covenant); Secretary of State for Defence v Spencer [2003] 1 WLR 2701 (variation to boundaries not giving rise to a new statutory rent review cycle); Michael & ors v Miller & anor [2004] EGER 151 (exercise of a mortgagee’s power of sale and margin for error in obtaining best price); Uglow v Uglow [2004] WTLR 1 183 (proprietary estoppel); Wormall v Wormall [2004] EWCA Civ 1643 (proprietary estoppel); Drew v Daniel [2005] WTLR 807 (actual and presumed undue influence).
Career
Trained Lanyon Bowdler, Shrewsbury; qualified 1994. National Farmers Union, Shropshire 1976-91; Lanyon Bowdler, Shrewsbury 1992-95; Roythorne & Co, Nottingham 1995-99; Burgess Salmon, Bristol 2008-10; Ebery Williams, Bristol 2010-March 2011; Wilsons, Bristol April 2011 to date.
Member
Agricultural Law Association; Property Litigation Association.
Education
Wakeman Grammar School, Shrewsbury; Staffordshire University (1991 LLB Hons (part-time)); College of Law, Chester (1992 LSF).
Leisure
Golf, Backgammon.
Practice Areas
Agriculture and estates; Contentious trusts and probate; Property - litigation
