Michelmores LLP

Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Adam is a Partner and Barrister, with broad legal and practical experience, and a focus on delivering bespoke advice, strategic direction, and novel drafting, in cases and deals which involve complex interrelationships between diverse areas of law.

He works with interesting and progressive clients in a range of sectors, including agriculture, infrastructure, public service, and food and beverage.

He still appears in Court, before Arbitrators, and the Tribunals and particularly enjoys rent reviews, public law challenges, and cases which blend public law and private rights.

Adam also has a busy advisory practice, particularly advising rural arbitrators.

He was Chair of the Firm’s Litigators’ Committee for six years, during which time Adam redrafted retainers, wrote a number of policies, responded to consultations on behalf of the Firm, and delivered three conferences for 80 talented litigators.

Expertise

• Agriculture
• Environment
• Natural Capital
• Natural Capital
• Natural Capital for Development
• Natural Capital for Funders & Investors
• Natural Capital for Land Managers
• Natural Capital for Local & Central Government
• Sustainable Economy

Recent experience

Guiding Freshways Dairy through their financing of, and merger with Medina Dairy, and coordinating with corporate, commercial, competition, Real Estate, and Finance colleagues across the Firm.

Advising a non-ministerial departmental government body on statutory powers and objects in connection with land ownership, access to land, and property transactions.

Acting as a legal assessor to an Arbitrator appointed by the President of the RICS to determine an agricultural landlord and tenant dispute.

Leading advice to the Clinton Devon Estate on their Lower Otter River regeneration project, constructed on behalf of the Environment Agency, with LEDER funding, providing new intertidal habitat and significant natural capital.

Litigating a dispute over the title to a significant amount of highly valuable malt whisky, where the vendor exercised a lien upon the basis of perceived failure to comply with duty regulations.