Kevin Kennedy
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Band 1
About
Provided by Kevin Kennedy
Practice Areas
Partner advising on private client/trust and agricultural disputes. Recent cases include Sofer v Swiss Independent Trustees (breach of trust claim), James v James (proprietary estoppel, will capacity), Owen v Harris (nature of tenancy), McDonald v Rose (proprietary estoppel and family company share allotment), Earl of Plymouth v Rees (agricultural tenancy interpretation and injunction) and Abberley v Abberley (binding nature of a settlement agreement), Other cases involve partnerships, trusts and agricultural property. Joint head of the firm’s Contentious Trusts and Probate Practice.
Career
Trained at Burges Salmon, qualified 1998, solicitor 1998-2005; partner Clarke Willmott 2005-11; partner Burges Salmon 2011 onwards.
Professional Memberships
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists, Agricultural Law Association
Publications
Author of Law Society Book ‘Neighbour Disputes – Law and Practice’; Contributor, Global Agricultural Law, published by Thomson Reuters.
Personal
Attended Southend High School for Boys; Nottingham University (Politics); Nottingham Law School. Leisure interests include sports and music.
Chambers Review
UK
Kevin Kennedy handles agricultural tenancy disputes as well as contested probates and other contentious rural land matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kevin has a very keen understanding of what is important to the individual client and is massively responsive."
"Kevin has a very keen understanding of what is important to the individual client and is massively responsive."
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