Who owns the farm?
SO who does own the farm? That would seem to be a straightforward question you…
September 7, 2022 By Guest Blogger
Good news for farmers diversifying into leisure activities
It is becoming more and more common for farmers to supplement their income through tourism…
September 7, 2022 By Chris Tofts
Financing Nature Recovery UK report – potential roadmap for funding of UK environmental land management
June 2022 saw the publication of a thought-provoking new nature recovery report setting out a…
August 23, 2022 By Tom Graham
ELMS – The UK’s Environmental Land Management Scheme
What do we know about the UK's Environmental Land Management Scheme, a.k.a. "ELMS"? And how…
August 23, 2022 By Tom Graham
The Highways Statement – public access to private land
What is a Highways Statement and how does it work? Over the pandemic and multiple…
August 17, 2022 By James Snell
Boundaries – dispelling the myths
Exact boundaries can be hard to define – especially when changes happen over time. Establishing…
August 17, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones – three actions you must take!
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones aim to reduce water pollution by restricting manure and fertiliser use on…
July 31, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Fishing Rights – who owns them?
We often act for clients where one or more of their boundaries is a non-tidal…
July 31, 2022 By Susan Reynolds
Who owns the mineral rights in my land?
In an edition of Rural Newslink published some years ago, I wrote about the move to…
July 31, 2022 By Scott Mitchell
Bringing an AHA tenancy to an end
There are still many Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (AHA) Tenancies in force, despite the fact…
July 31, 2022 By Ian Thomas
Get to know your legal advisor – Sue Reynolds
In this series, we introduce some of the people that make up Stephens Scown. We…
July 26, 2022 By Susan Reynolds
Take care with the Festive Pop (Ups)
We’re heading to that time of year when people have things to sell, and buyers…
May 17, 2022 By Ian Thomas