Agriculture & Rural Affairs
UK Guide 2025 : South West
Band 2
Contact number
(01392) 217466About
Provided by Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Our team has both regional and national expertise and are able to provide clients with tailor-made agricultural legal advice. With regional offices across the UK, as well the City of London, we are also extensively involved in investment opportunities and management of owned land.
Our experience covers buying and selling farms or farmland, negotiating rights of way including water and drainage agreements and access for telecommunications, restrictive covenants on farm land and advising on all aspects of agricultural tenancies, buying stables, paddocks and other rural property as well as estate planning and sporting rights.
Chambers Review
Trowers & Hamlins advises landowners, farming tenants, landed estates and other rural clients. Its work includes lending transactions as well as property purchases and sales, rights of way and tenancies.
Work Highlights
- Trowers & Hamlins advised Natural England on agricultural property matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"It provided first-class legal advice. Trowers has built a very strong specialist agricultural team. It is very proactive with excellent service with the added bonus of always being contactable."
"The firm covers a wide area of expertise."
"It has a large team with wide experience in different fields so it is able to draw on a large pool of knowledge to provide sound advice."
"It provided first-class legal advice. Trowers has built a very strong specialist agricultural team. It is very proactive with excellent service with the added bonus of always being contactable."
"The firm covers a wide area of expertise."
"It has a large team with wide experience in different fields so it is able to draw on a large pool of knowledge to provide sound advice."
Notable Practitioners
Nicola Janus-Harris leads the agricultural rural estates team at the firm. Her work includes commercial and agricultural property matters, including tenancies, sales and purchases.
"Nicola is very communicative and works to solve problems in a pragmatic way."
"She provides excellent quality of service and I regularly recommend her to clients of mine."
"Nicola provides the highest standards and delivery of service."
Donna Duncan is a senior associate at Trowers & Hamlins. She frequently assists on matters concerning sales and acquisitions of agricultural land for a wide variety of clients.
"Donna is friendly and approachable and her attention to detail is incredible. She is solid with advice and very proactive."
"She's very capable and knowledgeable."
Ranked Lawyers at
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
South West