Loxley

Managing Partner: Simon Leach

Number of partners:10

Assistant solicitors: 12 Contacts

Agriculture: Simon Leach

Dispute Resolution: Fred Harrison-James

Planning & Development: Richard Price

Private Client: Claire Lewis

Property: Andrew Baskerville

THE FIRM

This niche national practice working across all of England and Wales has become the go-to firm for specialist advice on rural property and agricultural businesses. Loxley is nationally recognised for its specialism in agricultural holdings disputes.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK

Agriculture: Agricultural tenancies; farming partnerships; sporting rights; agri-environmental and regulatory matters; animal health and welfare.

Dispute Resolution: Agricultural holdings disputes; rural property disputes; partnership and succession disputes, contentious trusts and probate disputes. Adverse possession claims; possession proceedings; estoppel; professional negligence claims; tenancy claims including dilapidations and rent arrears; insolvency.

Planning & Development: Option and promotion agreements; planning agreements; highways agreements; contentious planning matters, including planning appeals, enforcement proceedings and judicial reviews; strategic planning advice; compulsory purchases; common land; town and village greens.

Private Client: Wills and probate; trusts and succession planning; inheritance and capital taxes advice; court of protection applications; entailed estates; powers of attorney.

Property: Farm and country house sales and purchases; mortgages and refinancing; overages; commercial, agricultural and residential leases; forestry and woodlands; renewables; sporting rights; telecommunications and utilities; specialist knowledge of agricultural title matters; manorial and riparian rights; private water and drainage systems and complex boundary and easement issues.

CLIENTS

The firm acts for a broad spectrum of owners and occupiers of rural property, across England and Wales, including traditional landed estates, family farms, private clients, charities and institutional landowners. It regularly advises other professionals, including land agents, accountants and other law firms.