Adam Boyle, instructed by Devon County Council (“the Council”), succeeded in front of HHJ Blohm KC in the two-day trial of this matter heard in the High Court in Bristol.

Head of Chancery & Commercial, Christopher Jones acted for Mr Tamplin in the Court of Appeal in the case of  Tamplin v Elwynd Properties & Jones [2024] EWCA Civ 1599 concerning an area of mountain land,

One of the leading cases on the meaning of detriment in a proprietary estoppel claim. The Court of Appeal confirmed that any non-financial disadvantage had to be weighed against financial benefit, even where the non-financial disadvantage

Christopher Jones was instructed by Harrison Clark Rickerbys to act for the defendants in a case involving the ownership of high-value pedigree dairy herd and equipment, a claim for an account of tuberculosis compensation payments (value

Christopher Jones was instructed by Tim Russ of Roythornes Solicitors, and led by Stephen Jourdan KC, to represent Michael Spencer in his farming proprietary estoppel claim.  Michael’s claim was based upon promises made to him by his

Adam Boyle acted in a week-long trial in front of HHJ Mitchell which involved various complicated agricultural law themes.

Forfeiture action in respect of breaches of covenant relating to a lease of a Public House in Cornwall. Defended by the tenant on the basis that the statutory notice that had to be served prior to

Leslie Blohm QC has recently been instructed in the latest farming case to consider a claim by a farmer’s child to the family farm. The claimant, now sixty years old, sought to succeed to the farm he was

John Sharples acted for the successful respondent in an appeal which established, for the first time, that it was legally possible to create a fencing easement by express grant. The court also held that the obligation

Leslie Blohm QC who was instructed by Stephens Scown LLP, represented Lucy Habberfield in her claim in the Chancery Division in Bristol against her mother for a share of her mother and father’s farm, relying on

Leslie Blohm QC and Christopher Jones appeared for the successful tenant as the Court of Appeal interprets service provisions for agricultural Notice to Quit. The Court of Appeal has held that a notice to quit was

Richard is defending a claim by a widow following the death of her husband who was kicked by a bullock: sections 2(2), 5(1) and (2) of the Animals Act 1971.