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Agriculture

"The Pole Star for agriculture by which other firms across the UK navigate their positions" is how Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession has described our expertise in agriculture. For more than sixty years we have enjoyed a reputation of being the pre-eminent firm in the agriculture sector undertaking work nationwide.

Since the legal directories appeared, current partners Peter Williams and William Neville and consultant James Buxton have never been out of the top tier of national advisers in this sector. Alastair Morrison, Martin Mitchell, Charles Wyld and Vivienne Williams are also now nationally recognised experts in the directories.

"Scammell and Densham", former partners of the firm, are household names in this area of law. The eponymous textbook, "Scammell and Densham's Law of Agricultural Holdings", has been authored by partners at Burges Salmon since the first edition in 1949. The current 9th edition was written by partner Peter Williams, with contributions from former Burges Salmon solicitor, Professor Michael Cardwell, and partner Vivienne Williams. A review of the 9th edition and publicity relating to it can be found in the publications section.

Our expertise in this area has resulted in us being described in Chambers Directory as being at the "cutting edge" of the law (see Agricultural Property Disputes).

Uniquely, the firm's expertise in this sector has traditionally been led by contentious work. Nevertheless the non-contentious side of the practice has developed its own outstanding reputation. Chambers states: "Market sources universally acknowledge that this firm is "undoubtedly the leading firm in the country for agricultural matters"".

We act for farmers, landowners, tenants, trustees, charities, production companies, banks, other lenders and borrowers as well as national institutions such as The National Trust and The Crown Estate. 

You can find out more details of the various specialisms in this sector by looking at one of the following sections:

All Partners and Associates in Agriculture.