This field of practice can change rapidly and anyone who advises farmers and landowners will benefit from this review and update. Recent updates to NVZ management rules have an impact on livestock farmers. New proposals in the name of localism will affect all landowners as will new policies for the natural environment.
In Europe, the CAP is undergoing significant reform and changes to the EU budget will affect farm receipts and may require changes in approach. Recent cases have clarified some questions relating to the Single Payment Scheme and recent Agricultural Land Tribunal decisions will have consequences for tenanted land.
Amongst other things this course will cover:
CLT Member Fee £120.00
Non Member Fee £240.00
Geoff Whittaker has been Consultant and Adviser to the Agricultural Law Association since 2002, prior to which he spent more than 20 years in practice as a solicitor in various branches of property law, a good many of them advising farmers and landowners. He edits Farm Law journal. He is also a member of the Groupe de Bruges and of the Executive Board of the European Council for Rural Law.
