Rural Services

Our rural property solicitors can advise you on all aspects of buying and selling farms, smallholdings and land. Liaising between your accountants, surveyors and commercial property agents, we act on your behalf to make sure that all parties know what is happening at all times.

For more information contact Coodes’ Pam Johns today by emailing Pam Johns or ring your local office today.

Here at Coodes we have provided advice on the contents of FBT’s since their introduction in 1995 and are happy to draft new FBT’s for clients. We also have extensive knowledge of and can help you with a number of other areas from an Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancy, to a Share Farming Agreement, a Contracting Agreement or a Grazing Agreement.

For more information contact Coodes’ Pam Johns today by emailing Pam Johns or ring your local office today.

We at Coodes are proud of our agricultural heritage and pride ourselves in representing the rural and agricultural community even when disputes arise. We recognise that resolving disputes in this area can be difficult and challenging but we are well placed to do this.

Our expert team have extensive experience of dealing with all types of  disputes arising out of agricultural and rural land ownership. We regularly deal with disputes arising from the purchase of agricultural land, disputes about ownership of and investment in land, and arguments over agricultural tenancies, and farm business tenancies.

We also have huge experience in dealing with disputes about the location of boundaries, use and obstruction of rights to land (such as rights of way) and trespass.

Our team has also developed specific expertise in claims arising from climate change such as flooding, subsidence and land slides which can be complex and very stressful for land owners.

Our dispute team also have expertise in disputes between family members and partners about farming and farm businesses and understand the human side of these difficult claims.

If you need advice in this area please do not hesitate to contact your  local office today or email disputes@coodes.co.uk

If you are considering farm diversification Coodes can work with you and your accountants, bankers and consultants regarding everything from whether or not you need to set up a new business entity, to planning issues, taxation (there could be considerations for Inheritance Tax, Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and VAT) to restrictive covenants within the deeds preventing or restricting the planned activity.

For more information contact Coodes’ Pam Johns today by emailing Pam Johns or ring your local office today.

We have a dedicated team of trust and tax lawyers who regularly advise our clients and other professionals on appropriate trust law and the related tax implications. For more information contact Richard Pollock by calling 01566 770000 or email Richard Pollock 

Farming is very often a family business, and all families are different.  Therefore it is vital that your Partnership Agreement has been drafted with your particular circumstances in mind, to protect all parties in the event of things not working out as originally planned. If you do not have a formal agreement, you are effectively leaving things to the antiquated and lightweight Partnership Act from the 19th Century, which may have all sorts of unforeseen consequences.

Please call us to discuss a bespoke Farming Partnership Agreement.

For more information contact Coodes’ today by emailing Kirsty Davey or ring your local office today.

In any farming or land management business you need to keep up to date with the latest environmental law and its requirements. We can advise you on what you need to know and how not to fall foul of these regulations before it is too late.

Chris Andrews is one of the leading lawyers in the South West in this field. Getting environmental issues wrong can be a criminal offence – being a criminal lawyer, rather than a civil dispute lawyer, Chris has the experience and skills to make a real difference.