Agriculture & Estates
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If you are thinking of making a Will leaving all your money to charity and none to an estranged child, or are a child who is not a beneficiary of...
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Rural estate agents are predicting that the Basic Payment (BPS) subsidy scheme in place for farmers may fall by 20% post Brexit with a continuing decline after 2020 Farmers are...
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Despite many technological advances at HM Land Registry over the past few years, registration of a transfer of a piece of land simply cannot be registered instantly. So, between the...
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Ashtons Legal are urging those involved in projects which create jobs and growth in the rural economy to apply for grant funding under the Government’s RDPE Growth Programme. In Norfolk, Suffolk...
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We have been lucky with a warmer than average winter so far, but as we enter a time of cold spells, energy market commentators warn of a corresponding squeeze on...
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Brexit is clearly a hot topic in the agricultural sector and is going to be a catalyst for debate and change in various forms. Over 40 people attended an event...
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When we are out and about at agricultural shows and on farm walks we often talk to people about what has been happening in their family or what the future...
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New law opens the way to more building development by giving landowners the chance to break public usage rights to prevent registration of village greens. Public use of privately owned...
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Warmer days and longer daylight hours means increased pressure on the countryside, with public and private access demands inevitably increasing, too. Cyclists and walkers want to follow public routes marked...
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The winners of the Suffolk FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group) Farm Conservation Competition and The Tim Sloane Award were announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 21 November. The...
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Farmers who have livestock grazing near public rights of way could be affected by the ruling in a recent court case. Six years ago, Shirley McKaskie suffered serious personal injury...
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