Retiring from Farming – the exit lump sum and delinked payments
Thinking about retiring from farming but concerned about the tax implications? Throughout my time acting…
September 19, 2022 By Kate Theophilus
HMRC attacking DIY livery yards
If you run a livery business, could you be ‘saddled’ with extra tax? What…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Strategic land promotion – key points for land owners
Strategic land promotion is likely to maintain pace and landowners with land on the edge…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Ground Rent – what are the new rules?
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 will come into force this year having received…
September 12, 2022 By Kate Westlake
Designated Protected Areas and Social Housing
If a site is in a Designated Protected Area (DPA) then this can have implications…
September 12, 2022 By Kate Westlake
The Reform of the Right to Buy for HAs and their tenants
The right for tenants to purchase their Local Authority (“LA”) homes at a discounted rate…
September 9, 2022 By Tim Walmsley
Who owns the farm?
SO who does own the farm? That would seem to be a straightforward question you…
September 7, 2022 By Guest Blogger
Good news for farmers diversifying into leisure activities
It is becoming more and more common for farmers to supplement their income through tourism…
September 7, 2022 By Chris Tofts
Get to know your legal advisor – Keith Wright
In this series, we introduce some of the people that make up Stephens Scown. We…
September 7, 2022 By Keith Wright
Financing Nature Recovery UK report – potential roadmap for funding of UK environmental land management
June 2022 saw the publication of a thought-provoking new nature recovery report setting out a…
August 23, 2022 By Tom Graham
ELMS – The UK’s Environmental Land Management Scheme
What do we know about the UK's Environmental Land Management Scheme, a.k.a. "ELMS"? And how…
August 23, 2022 By Tom Graham
Commercial Agents – an update to the sale of software
Commercial agents who sell downloadable software may now receive a significant change in the protection…
August 18, 2022 By Laura Stanley