HOWES Percival has been working with farmers and landowners across the country for over 200 years, specialising in buying and selling farms and estates backed up by a wealth of experience in dealing with all aspects of estate management and issues that affect landowners.
The firm is renowned for its commercial expertise and strength in advising clients in this sector and understands the need for professionals to work together to offer the best service for clients.
The firm will, therefore, be holding a seminar on 6 June at its Northampton office from 5.30pm to 8pm. Promises and Omissions: Their Impact on Land is aimed at like-minded professionals specialising in the rural and agricultural sector from the surveying, accountancy, banking and other agricultural related industries.
Experts drawn from Howes Percival’s specialised legal teams will give engaging and entertaining presentations answering some legal questions, followed by an opportunity to ask related questions, and then to network over a light buffet and drinks.
The key questions highlighted will include:
Farming partnerships having a written agreement, but why is this? What happens if they don’t have an up-to-date document, or fail to update an old agreement when there are changes of generations in or out of the partnership, or new land is acquired?
What does it mean to say ‘Son, one day all this will be yours’?
What could be the tax implications of this, and other verbal promises?
What happens if you allow people to roam on your land? How do you stop regular visitors acquiring rights?
What price safety in agriculture? – A look at the consequences of health and safety failings in the sector.
How can rights acquired over property make development of that land very difficult and costly, even with the benefit of planning permission? What can be done to avoid these problems?