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The Southwest is blessed with a great choice of Salmon rivers and has a particularly long season, with Salmon being in season somewhere in the Southwest from February through to December, leaving a closed season of little more than six weeks in the dead of winter. Although the Cornish rivers are well known for summer…

The month of October saw a number of changes and amendments to regulations within England come into force.  Home Business Tenancies Any new tenancy of a dwelling which starts after the 1st October in England and Wales which permits a ‘home business’ to be carried out in the house will be exempt from the security…

Once you have made a decision to sell your property, be it land, a farm or just a house or cottage, one of the first things you need to decide is the method of sale that best suits your situation and your property.  The most common, and the one most of us are familiar with,…

When planning for your farming future Inheritance Tax (IHT) and Capital gains Tax (CGT) should always be on the menu when speaking with your land agent, solicitor and accountant.  Do you consider selling the farm sooner or later, which may well incur a CGT liability at the point of disposal, or do you keep hold…

The entitlement market has already kicked off this season.  Many landlords, tenants and their agents have recently been negotiating end of tenancy arrangements, and entitlements have of course been in discussion.  In England the oversupply of Non-SDA seen last season should now have gone as surplus unused entitlements have reverted to the National Reserve meaning…

Share Farming has recently been championed by the CLA as a structure which could be used to overcome many of the challenges the agricultural industry currently faces.  A new share farming promotion has been launched with the intention of helping young farmers across the UK to ‘get their first foot on the farming ladder.’  …

Where are we heading? With yields up and prices down there are mixed opinions as to where the agricultural sector is heading.  Lamb and milk prices remain low, as do grains (which has been partially attributed to the slowdown in the Chinese economy), although beef has shown marginal signs of improvement recently. The Sterling/Euro exchange…

Following a recent legal challenge on Minchinhampton and Rodborough commons in Gloucestershire, DEFRA have amended the mechanism by which SPS/BPS payments on common land are calculated.  This means that some commons’ claimants are eligible for additional payments on previously unclaimed areas of common, going back to 2009 as it has been determined that the previous…

The Deregulation Act 2015 makes a number of significant changes to the mechanism for serving notices to quit (NTQ) for Assured Shorthold Tenancies (AST) under Section 21 (used for residential property).  These changes are of course pertinent for both landlords and tenants, although the implications generally increase protection for tenants.  While this may not pose…

The Deregulation Act 2015 is lengthy and impacts on many areas of business, not only agricultural tenancies and residential lettings.  Our focus in this article is the amendments to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, whereby the Deregulation Act enables third party determination of disputes arising under the 1986 Act in certain instances, namely rent reviews,…