United Kingdom: Land Law & Agriculture

The Building Safety Levy (the Levy), described by Government as a tax on new residential buildings, will come into effect in England on 1 October 2026.

Space agriculture (or as you may know it, space-based AgTech, astroagriculture, exo-agriculture, off-earth farming or extraterrestrial food systems) refers to agricultural technologies and systems developed or tested in space.

In a new chapter for his family business, Giacomo Fanin is backing innovation to improve farming productivity and develop alternative ingredients

Ten years ago gene editing plants was far from commonplace – indeed, the first CRISPR edited mammalian cells had only just been achieved. Fast-forward ten years and a search for gene edited crops lists numerous...

Farm sales require careful preparation to avoid delays. Key considerations include covenants, easements, third-party restrictions, tenancies, boundary discrepancies, unregistered land, and outstanding charges. Additionally, sellers must address employee retention, tax implications, wills, and potential partnership or company restructuring.

The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 2024 proposes expanded compensation rights for agricultural tenants impacted by game damage. It balances landlords' sporting rights with tenants' farming activities, potentially improving tenant protections and reducing conflicts.

Farms run as a family business tend to follow a partnership structure. However there is often a reluctance to commit the terms of the partnership to paper or else to keep...

The tenant farming community is of huge importance to the farming sector as a whole. Against this backdrop, the Tenancy Working Group...

With the carbon market beginning to take shape throughout the United Kingdom, we are starting to see tensions emerge around competing priorities for land.