Edward Whittington
Managing partner | Real estate, Land, farm and estates, Rural services
Philip Whitcomb
Partner | Land, farm and estates, Rural services, Succession planning, Wills, trusts and estates
Kerry Dovey
Senior Associate Solicitor | Real estate, Land, farm and estates, Residential property, Rural services
Steven Watts
Senior Associate Solicitor | Real estate, Land development, Land, farm and estates, Rural services
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The Grange Hampshire – Redefining Arcadia
Moore Barlow
30.11.2020
Looking after our history There is something about an English historic house that captures our imagination. We are steeped in heritage in the UK and we love our costume dramas that give us a glimpse of life in Jacobean or Elizabethan England. But running these stately homes is an expensive business. Over the last two […]
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Covid-19 rent arrears enforcement
Simon Beetham
25.11.2020
To provide further clarity for landlords and tenants, on 19 June 2020 the Government published guidance for the commercial property sector, in the form of a Code of Practice. The Code of Practice is voluntary and encourages good practice between landlords and tenants, promoting payment of rent by tenants where this is possible, but also […]
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When to knock out a lock-out agreement
Charlotte Brackley
24.11.2020
High-value country property transactions have enjoyed a boom over the past few months, leading to an increasing trend towards the use of Exclusivity Agreements, also known as ‘lock-out agreements’. An Exclusivity Agreement is normally a tool used by a buyer to provide them with an exclusive opportunity to do due diligence on a property, and […]
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Agricultural tenancy reform update
Anita Symington
23.11.2020
In an earlier edition of Rural News, we considered the proposals put forward in the Defra Consultation Paper on Agricultural tenancies. The most controversial of these proposals were: for AHA tenancies to be assignable by a Tenant at a premium where no eligible successor remained; the extension of the category of eligible relatives to include […]