Small Claims Paper Determination Pilot
Practice direction 51ZC of the Civil Procedure Rules came into effect on 1 June 2022.…
September 22, 2022 By Luke Richards
What is the legal definition of Agriculture?
It may seem obvious, but the legal definition of agriculture should be of great interest…
September 19, 2022 By Nigel Coveney
Trainee Tales – My Seat in Intellectual Property
Lucy Ferrat joined Stephens Scown as a trainee solicitor August 2017 before qualifying into the…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Isolated countryside homes – should a farmhouse owner be forced into a ‘Granny Annex’
Guidelines show that local planning authorities should avoid new isolated countryside homes but what happens…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Rural tenancies – issues to be wary of!
Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs) have been around for well over 20 years now but a…
September 19, 2022 By Ian Thomas
Commercial landlords beware of using s30(1)(f) to oppose renewals
A Supreme Court decision impacts the way commercial landlords have been using building works and…
September 19, 2022 By Mike Davies
Retiring from Farming – the exit lump sum and delinked payments
Thinking about retiring from farming but concerned about the tax implications? Throughout my time acting…
September 19, 2022 By Kate Theophilus
HMRC attacking DIY livery yards
If you run a livery business, could you be ‘saddled’ with extra tax? What…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Strategic land promotion – key points for land owners
Strategic land promotion is likely to maintain pace and landowners with land on the edge…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Employee Ownership – what are the hallmarks of an EO business?
If you are even beginning to think about an employee ownership model for your business…
September 13, 2022 By Gavin Poole
Ground Rent – what are the new rules?
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 will come into force this year having received…
September 12, 2022 By Kate Westlake
Designated Protected Areas and Social Housing
If a site is in a Designated Protected Area (DPA) then this can have implications…
September 12, 2022 By Kate Westlake