Agriculture & Estates
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1st January saw the start of a new world for all exports to the EU. For the first time in 40 years, there are now customs and other export laws....
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As a landlord, it is important to consider the wording of tenancy agreements. The wording in clauses can significantly impact your rights and property if not drafted correctly. The recent...
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Like all businesses, Ashtons Legal has had to adapt to new ways of working because of the impact of COVID. One of these is taking part in hearings ‘virtually’ or...
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Agricultural and rural businesses have challenges unlike many other sectors: they have to operate lawfully on many different regulatory fronts. In every one, they have to be compliant or face...
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Ashtons Legal Agriculture and Estates’ Partner Jeanette Dennis has been invited to speak at a Farmers Weekly webinar on Farm succession planning during the COVID-19 crisis. The webinar, taking place...
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Where is your boundary? Who owns a hedge, a ditch, a boundary? Where is that footpath? All these are common issues in land ownership. Many have a new passion for...
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At Ashtons Legal, we saw a spike in footpath and public access enquiries at the beginning of lockdown. Harvest and post-harvest cultivation mean further chaos, as some paths are temporarily...
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The COVID-driven increase in demand for residential properties with a rural setting and gardens, and the ability to work from home is good news for landowners. It has been announced...
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Update – extended protection to commercial tenants and the Code of Practice for commercial property relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic The Government has announced that it is extending the periods...
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Clearly the holiday season is going to look a little different for 2020, but as the world starts to reopen and we move into the summer period, this will start...
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The changes to the CJRS mean that in order to furlough staff from 1 July, they will have had to have been furloughed for a minimum three week period at...
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There are many reasons why a business would seek to vary the terms of someone’s contract of employment. Perhaps a business is relocating and so the place of work clause...
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