Agriculture & Rural Affairs - South West
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Stephens Scown is an Exeter, Truro and St Austell firm with a longstanding agricultural practice. It advises landed estates, institutional landowners and farming businesses on rural law matters. The department is notable for its strength in depth and ability to cover a wide range of matters relevant to its rural client base. It provides specialist advice on equestrian matters as well as issues related to shooting rights and fishing rights.
Strengths
Stephens Scown has wide ranging knowledge of agricultural tenancy and rural property law.
Stephens Scown is a strong local firm with a wide range of services.
I was really happy with Stephens Scown's depth of thinking as well as the practical application of it.
Notable practitioners
Kate Theophilus is a specialist in rural land and agricultural tenancy matters. She leads the firm's rural property team and regularly handles high-value land transactions.
Kate is tenacious and always gives her clients strong, measured and practical advice to ensure that they are able to meet their objectives.
Tom Graham acts on rural property transactions, leases and estate management matters. Often his matters involve biodiversity net gain issues.
Tom is just great. He makes my life so much easier.
Tom shows great skills, both legally and with people. He deals with novel issues with logic and an excellent balanced attitude to risk and details.
