Trusted by Tax Advisers across the South East.
Agricultural law experts that protect your professional reputation.
Reach out todayWhy Tax Advisers choose to partner with us:
Vast IHT experience
We’ve guided 30+ farming families through IHT restructures over the past 12 months.
Expert sector knowledge
Our agricultural lawyers have hands-on farming experience – we understand the sector inside out.
An extension of your team
We provide detailed legal implementation roadmaps for your tax strategies and regular updates to keep you involved.
We can support your clients with:
- Property and corporate restructures
- Partnership agreement reviews and updates
- Trust work and lasting power of attorneys (LPAs)
- Will reviews and succession planning
- Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
Your expertise + Our agricultural law experience = Complete client solutions.
Real results
Strategic legal advice for a major landed estate
We advise this long-standing client on the ongoing strategic management of a substantial landed estate, supporting both its long-term planning objectives and day-to-day estate operations.
Our work for the estate includes:
- Strategic development and planning advice, including guidance through the planning process to successful approval
- Agricultural tenancy advice, providing strategic support across multiple agricultural holdings, including matters under the Agricultural Holdings Act
- Commercial property portfolio management, covering a wide range of estate-owned commercial assets
- Residential landlord and tenant advice, including work on a matter that resulted in a published case during the year
The estate extends to approximately 16,500 acres and is internationally recognised for polo. Alongside this, it comprises a diverse portfolio of tourist attractions, residential and commercial properties, arable land, woodland, farm businesses and agricultural holdings, requiring coordinated, specialist legal support across its operations.
Strategic legal advice for a diversified rural estate
We provide ongoing rural asset management support to a well-known Hampshire-based mixed farming and diversified estate, including assets connected to its internationally recognised opera and main house.
Our work for the estate includes:
- Rural asset management advice, supporting the long-term stewardship of a mixed farming estate
- Commercial property advice, covering estate-owned commercial and diversified assets
- Land development support, advising on development opportunities and estate diversification
- Property disputes advice, helping manage and resolve estate-related disputes
- Employment advice, supporting the estate’s workforce and operational needs
This coordinated, cross-disciplinary approach brings together specialist partners across the firm, ensuring joined-up legal advice for a complex and high-profile rural estate.
Agricultural lawyers with hands-on farming experience
Don’t take our word for it…
Why accountants choose to work with us
Leading tax practices across the South East refer their clients to Moore Barlow’s rural team because we understand both the legal and agricultural sides of these complex changes.
- Members of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA)
- Fellows of the Agricultural Law Association
- Decades of experience advising on agricultural property, partnerships and estates
- Trusted by land agents, accountants and tax advisers across the region
Our goal is to make your work easier, your clients confident, and their affairs properly structured before April 2026.
How we work with you
When you introduce a client, we see it as a partnership. You remain the client’s trusted adviser — we simply take care of the legal implementation.
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Collaborate closely – We work alongside you to ensure every legal step aligns with your tax advice and wider planning strategy. From property restructures to partnership updates, our team integrates seamlessly with yours to achieve the right outcome.
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Keep you informed – You’re copied in and kept up to date at every stage, with clear communication and no surprises. Your client relationship stays firmly with you.
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Deliver on time – We know the April 2026 deadline is critical. Our experienced rural lawyers manage the process efficiently to meet HMRC requirements and avoid delays.
This joined-up approach protects your clients’ interests, reduces risk, and enhances the level of service your firm can offer.
Talk to our rural legal team
The IHT reforms are approaching fast and with anti-forestalling rules already in force, early action is vital. Many accountants are now reviewing client structures to identify where legal implementation is needed, from partnership changes to trust reviews. Acting now can make all the difference to how your clients are positioned when the new rules take effect in April 2026.
At Moore Barlow, we’re already working with tax specialists across the South East who want to ensure their clients’ strategies are properly executed. Our lawyers handle the detailed legal work – updating agreements, restructuring ownership, and ensuring compliance – while you continue to lead on tax and client relationships.
Let’s discuss how we can work together to prepare your clients for the upcoming reforms and strengthen your firm’s service offering.
Your agricultural clients need more than tax advice before 6 April 2026. Partner with Moore Barlow on the impending IHT changes.
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