Barristers at Falcon Chambers are routinely instructed in the most high-profile agricultural cases, covering diverse issues including partnership law, proprietary estoppel, boundary issues and shooting and hunting rights. Stephen Jourdan KC led Ciara Fairley in Cobden v Cobden, a buy-out dispute concerning one of the UK’s largest diary farms - the case resulted in a Court of Appeal decision to uphold a Syers order allowing the shares to be bought out at a price decided by expert valuation rather than market value. Jourdan is also leading Gavin Bennison and appears opposite Caroline Shea KC in a High Court a family farm proprietary estoppel case concerning a £5m arable farm and its inheritance.
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