The Soil Framework Directive was intended to create a legal framework for the protection and sustainable management of soil resources.

It is common for our clients to require a short environmental indemnity in a property deal usually when the transaction is well advanced (and the due diligence is in) and often once the timetable is really compressed

We act for the major lenders in the agricultural sector, and regularly advise banks and landowners on secured agricultural lending. Whether it is to facilitate purchasing new land...

Private Property - Is Now The Right Time To Buy?

In this webinar, Elaine Brailsford and Stephanie Hepburn look at the various access rights commonly found in the rural sector and the interpretation and extent of these.

Hamish Lean delivers this webinar providing participants with an understanding of different disputes that can arise in the rural sector, and how these may be avoided.

Are you a landlord trying to keep up with the new Renters' Rights Bill and how it changes your ability to increase rent? This video gives you a full breakdown of what's changing, what stays the same...

Geographical indications (GIs) are names that identify a product as originating from a specific place from which their particular characteristics derive.

Private land owners may face Human Rights Act arguments when taking action to evict trespassers following the Court of Appeal decision in Malik v Fassenfelt and Others [2013] EWCA Civ 798.

We were delighted to see another groundbreaking technology from our client - the John Innes Centre - featured in The Guardian this week. The article reports on the research from Myriam Charpentier.

Priya Gopal and Jaysen Sharpe discuss key themes in trusts of land disputes and how to maximise your chances of obtaining or opposing an application for an order for sale.

Based on this recent case in which David Peachey successfully acted for the applicant, our panel discuss the impact of nuisance covenants, permitted development and the "thin end of the wedge"...

Encouraged by estimates of shale oil and gas reserves in the UK, the British government is embarking on an overhaul of the law in this area.

In a recent farming dispute case, the court held that a £1.65m farm and bungalow were to be included in the deceased's estate ...

In these exciting times for agritech innovation, the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester, UK, has proposed a £100m development centred on creating an innovation village...

Owners of farm cottages should take note of a new set of prescribed forms, which should be used to prevent a tenant from becoming an assured agricultural occupant.

Clean meat is not only better for the environment, but it also decreases dependence on antibiotics and improves food security.

The registration of land on a quayside in Essex as a town or village green (TVG) has recently been confirmed by the Court of Appeal,

The UK Government's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, or Defra for short, provides, amongst many other things, investment in innovation...

Since the publication of Jim O'Neill's 2016 report on AMR, several recommendations have seen partial implementation, while others still require attention...