Wilkin Chapman Rollits

Agriculture

Partner in Agricultural Department, specialising in agricultural property. Work includes sales, purchases, mortgages, tenancies, partnership deeds and dissolutions, first registrations of complex/large areas, trusts, exploration agreements, development options, and overage agreements. Examples of recent high value work: partition of farm worth over £9m leading to registration of 47 separate parcels of land; and sale of farm with cottages for £4.4m.

Also head of Tourism and Leisure Sector at Wilkin Chapman.

Trained Cuff Roberts North Kirk; qualified 1985; Sills & Betteridge 1985-87; Wilkin Chapman 1987-89; Allison & Helmer 1999-2000; Grange Wintringham 2000-10; Wilkin Chapman LLP 2010-to date

Agricultural Law Association; Country Landowners Association; National Farmers Union; Lincolnshire Agricultural Society; Farm Stay (local secretary); Green Business Tourism Scheme

Birkenhead High School; Aberystwyth University(1982 LLB 2.1); College of Law, Chester (1983 Law Society Finals)

Interest in local, historical, country and charitable events (eg Wolds Walking Festival, Heritage Open Days, Louth Museum, promotion of Lincolnshire and the food it produces, environmental issues, local charities). Also run self-catering business on family farm.