Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve recognises the importance of a good understanding of farm tenancies, not only to traditional landlords and tenants, but also investors, developers, banks, mineral companies, suppliers of water and energy, and institutions and investors of every description. For all of these parties the entire success or failure of a venture may turn on a very fine point of law.
The complexity has been increasing in recent years as a framework of law, which has its roots in 1948 legislation and ancient legal principle, struggles to adapt to the latest environmental or employment regulation and the ever changing subsidy regimes coming out ofBrussels. The exact status of a farm tenancy can affect issues as diverse as Inheritance Tax liability, the value of a divorce settlement, or the ability to establish wind farms or other green energy schemes.
Mills & Reeve has used the opportunity to update Farm Tenancies and bring out a third edition of the popular book as a way of making all the changes in the law available to those to whom a clear understanding of these complex issues is essential. The book covers all the difficult technical areas but is written in a clear and practical way, based on the firm’s depth of knowledge and experience.
Michael Aubrey, head of Mills & Reeve’s agricultural sector, said: “We have updated the book in an attempt to address all the issues involved and how to deal with them effectively. We hope that by distilling this knowledge into an updated edition, we can provide our clients and colleagues with an indispensible resource that will help them understand farm tenancies and assist them when making important decisions.”
Farm Tenancies is the latest in a series of Mills & Reeve publications about agricultural law, which also features Divorce and the Farmer andFarming Together for Profit.
Farm Tenancies was to be launched in Norwich yesterday (Wednesday 9 October 2013), with two further launches in Ipswich on Tuesday 15 October and Cambridge on Wednesday 16 October.
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For further details or to purchase the book, please contact Sally Graham on 01603 693271
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