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Warners Solicitors

Agriculture & Rural Affairs

UK Guide 2026 : The South

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Type of work handled

  • Non-contentious property work - buying & selling of farms, estates & grouse moors
  • Landlord & tenant matters
  • Contentious property work - disputes over sporting rights, boundaries and other land disputes as well as public rights of way problems on farms, estates and grouse moors
  • Criminal and regulatory work affecting farms and estates including defence work over wildlife, farming, shooting and hunting related investigations and prosecutions
  • Creation and administration of estate trusts for asset protection
  • Estate tax planning

Categories of clients

  • Country estates and rural landowners
  • Stately homes
  • Small to medium size farms
  • Shoots & hunts
  • Equine businesses and horse owners
  • Country sports regulatory bodies

Recent work highlights

  • Administration of an estate consisting of grassland farm & parcels of land
  • Advice for Masters of Foxhounds Association, including disciplinary procedures against hunt officials, employment matters involving hunt staff and health and safety matters
  • Advice in relation to the employment of gamekeepers at grouse moors, shooting estates and landed estates
  • Defending firearms and shotgun prosecutions
  • Defending allegations relating to the illegal trapping and shooting of birds of prey
  • Resolving a dispute over sporting rights between a landed estate and neighbouring farmer
  • Winning a boundary dispute between neighbouring landowners at binding arbitration
  • Advising a hunting regulatory authority in relation to a hunting issue which attracted national press coverage

Clients (1)

  • NFU Panel Firm

Industries (4)

  • Agriculture
  • Charities / Not for Profit
  • Real Estate
  • Countryside Sports

Chambers Review

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Agriculture & Rural Affairs - The South

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Warners Solicitors advises on the sale and acquisition of farms, rural estates and grouse moors. It is known for its links to sporting organisations. The department also handles property disputes and advises clients on regulatory matters. It acts for farming clients in criminal proceedings connected to wildlife, hunting, farming and shooting offences.
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Work Highlights

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  • Warners was retained by legal expenses insurer Markel Legal Protection to provide the helpline under their Farms and Estates Policy.

Strengths

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  • Warners understands how estates work. Large or small claims are dealt with using knowledge and experience in this area of the law.

    Agriculture & Rural Affairs respondentUK

  • Warners spends time to understand rural communities.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Michael McNally
    Michael McNally

    Michael McNally

    Michael McNally handles contentious matters in this sector, including employment issues and easement and boundary disputes.

    • Michael offers excellent support for rural communities.

      Agriculture & Rural Affairs respondentUK

    • Michael McNally is very experienced and knowledgeable in this area of law. He is always available to assist where needed and understands estates completely. He is a specialist.

      Agriculture & Rural Affairs respondentUK
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