Agriculture & Estates
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Having assets in the EU (aside from the UK) can have a dramatic effect on your Will following your death, and if you have not taken the correct advice when...
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The value of our online lives is worth billions of pounds but many of these assets may never be passed on, as people are failing to record their digital worth....
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Consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care. The government is looking to...
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This week we have heard from C4’s Dispatches and BBC Woman’s Hour how complicated and confusing our system for funding care can be. The different branches of health and social...
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A bone of contention for almost every landowner are public rights of way, particularly for those landowners who own land close to the urban fringe, or with development potential. Many...
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Average farm profitability could drop from £38,000 to £15,000 a year in the worst case scenario as a result of policy and performance challenges that come from Brexit, modelling work...
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While we stood reviewing court paperwork in the middle of a field last week, my farmer client regarded two individuals walking their dogs past us. The walkers were taking advantage...
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If it’s grey and has a trunk then it’s probably an elephant – even if you call it a giraffe, a lion or a leopard. And so it is with...
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Ashtons Legal, in partnership with The Suffolk Agricultural Association (SAA) is calling for entries for its prestigious Best Alternative Land Enterprise (BALE) award, now in its 26th year. Open to...
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HSE (Health and Safety Executive) work-related fatal accident figures for April 2016 to March 2017 have been published. Sadly, there were 137 fatalities in that period though this is the...
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Ashtons is proudly sponsoring the Suffolk FWAG Conservation Cup Farm Walks of 2017. The first farm walk will take place at Eastwood Farm, Lowestoft on Wednesday 21st June. Eastwood Farm...
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The passing of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill on 14 March merely allows Teresa May to “notify” the EU of the UK’s intention to withdraw. It does not...
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