- Introductory *3 hours CPD
This course will be aimed at those practitioners who have little or no knowledge of agricultural law. It will be largely property based looking at the main areas of difficulty when dealing with sales and purchases, and, the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995. It will be a very practical presentation and include the drafting of documents.
The course will cover:
Sales and Purchases of Agricultural property
- Taking of instructions
- Some special considerations
- Milk quotas – what are they and how are they to be dealt with?
- The single payment scheme – what is it? How does it impact?
- Drafting of contract clauses
Tenanted land issues
- The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986
- The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
- The impact of the single payment scheme
- The Regulatory reform order 2006
- Arbitrations – drafting of statements of case
- The Agricultural Land Tribunal – drafting of a succession application
- Mediation – what is it and how does it work?