Agriculture
Specialist agricultural solicitors for businesses and farming families
Clarke Willmott’s highly rated agricultural solicitors represent individual farmers, rural landowners, and agri-businesses of all sizes. Our team of agricultural law experts offers a comprehensive range of legal services to farming and rural landowning communities across England and Wales. Get in touch with our expert agricultural law team today.
Our expertise in agricultural law
Our highly experienced team of agricultural solicitors can advise on all areas of law including:
Agricultural property
Our agricultural property team regularly advises on all aspects of rural property transactions from support payments and tenancies to rights of way, planning and environmental issues and all other aspects of the sale, purchase and mortgaging of agricultural land and farms.
Find out how our agricultural property and planning solicitors can help.
Agricultural disputes
Our agricultural disputes team regularly advises farmers, farming businesses, landed estates and landowners on dispute resolution across a wide range of contentious issues.
Find out how our agricultural disputes solicitors can help.
Legal services for farming private clients
Our private client solicitors regularly advise farming families, trustees, landed estates and charities on a full range of personal legal matters from wills and trusts to succession planning, wealth preservation, taxation, divorce and family law.
Find out how our private client and family solicitors can help.
Other agricultural business
Our agricultural business solicitors have extensive experience supporting farming and rural businesses on all areas of including changes triggered by Brexit.
Find out how our corporate and commercial and employment solicitors can help.
Diversification
We can also advise on many diversification opportunities and businesses that arise in relation to land including:
- Natural capital and environmental markets
- Horticultural businesses and market gardeners e.g. Plant Variety Rights (PVR), brand protection/licensing, business terms and policies for supply to the EU and commercial crop production.
- Renewable energy e.g., green energy, granting options and leases to energy companies for wind, solar, biofuels and other renewable projects
- Retail & Leisure – e.g. farm shops, farmers markets, events, tourism, glamping, B&Bs, caravan parks, eco-tourism, holiday lets, petting zoos
Regulatory
We have particular expertise in advising clients within the agriculture sector, and have a thorough understanding of the unique challenges faced by the farming community. We can assist you with regulatory matters including prosecutions and criminal investigations by agencies such as the Environment Agency, Trading Standards, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the police.
Your free agri-business healthcheck
Our free legal healthcheck tool is designed to help you ensure your agri-businesses is legally compliant and that your personal affairs are protected. This self-assessment takes a couple of minutes to complete and, upon completion, you will receive a free report outlining key areas for you.
Our presence in the agriculture sector
We are committed to keeping our agricultural clients ahead of the game by hosting specialist seminars, webinars and networking events. We also regularly attend regional and national industry conferences where several of our solicitors are recognised speakers.
In association with
We are the NFU panel firm for the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and have strong relationships with other rural and farming focused organisations, including:
- Country Land & Business Association
- Tenant Farmers Association
- Historic Houses Association
- British Hound Sports Association
- Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
- British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Industry recognition for our Agriculture team
Here is what others have to say about the team:
“Esther Woolford is the standout practitioner leading the agriculture and estates team. She has genuine expertise, works incredibly hard for her clients and is a pleasure to deal with.’” – Legal 500 2025
“Mark Buckerfield and all the team at Clarke Willmott provide an excellent service, you never need to chase them for updates, they are very knowledgeable about their field and communicate in plain English with clients.’” – Legal 500 2025
“Polly Ridgeway is best in her field for agriculture, civil disputes and commercial litigation. Polly’s rare qualities make her an exceptional solicitor.’” – Legal 500 2025
“Esther Woolford is very sensible.” – Chambers 2025
“Mark is very approachable and very helpful in getting really difficult jobs done.” – Chambers 2025
Contact an agricultural solicitor today
If you would like to find out more about how our team of agricultural law specialists can support you and your business, please call us on 0800 652 8025 or get in touch online.
Our Agriculture team has a strong presence in the South West and advises clients across England and Wales. Clarke Willmott has offices in Taunton, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester and Southampton.
