Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Caroline Shea KC acts for individuals, family trusts and business owners in cases regarding partnership disputes, proprietary estoppel and notices to quit. She is recognised for her experience and expertise within agricultural property law.

Emily Windsor has a focused expertise in agricultural property law. In particular, Emily has experience in tenancy disputes and agricultural land disputes. She has also been involved in a number of cases regarding restrictive covenants.

Jonathan Karas KC is a leading property and planning barrister with a focus on agricultural and rural land. Karas advises on technical matters regarding forestry related disputes, historic rights over common land, manorial mineral rights and planning and land development.

Stephen Jourdan KC is a well-known agricultural law specialist. He regularly represents family farming partnerships and their individual members. He routinely handles high-stakes landlord and tenant disputes, partnership disputes and proprietary estoppel claims.

Catherine Taskis KC has a broad practice that covers all aspects of property law, with an emphasis on agriculture. Recently, she has been handling cases related to landlord and tenant disputes and partnership dissolutions. She is noted for her authorship of books on agricultural law.

Greville Healey's acts for both individuals and agribusinesses on cases involving agricultural property disputes. In particular, Healey specialises in cases involving watercourses and riparian rights, rights of way and tenancy disputes.

Ciara Fairley is known for her focus in agricultural property matters, and particularly in handling partnership disputes, succession and proprietary estoppel claims.

Edward Peters KC focuses largely on matters involving agricultural landlord and tenant disputes and farming partnership disputes. He is also a member of multiple prominent agriculture societies and is an editor of leading text on landlord and tenancy law.

Jamie Sutherland is an agricultural barrister with particular focus on agricultural landlord and tenancy disputes. Sutherland is a co-author of both the fifteenth (2018) and sixteenth (2024) editions of the leading agricultural textbook, Muir Watt and Moss: Agricultural Holdings.

Joseph Ollech has a broad practice in many aspects of agriculture and rural affairs, property and landlord and tenancy. He is often instructed on complex matters surrounding water drainage and riparian rights, mineral rights and land development agreements His clients include private individuals and both private and public sector institutions.

Oliver Radley-Gardner KC is a specialist rural property barrister with a strong practice in boundaries and rights of way disputes. He also handles farming and agricultural tenancy succession claims. His experience extends to rent review and valuation matters in the context of agricultural leases.