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Jeanette Dennis
Work Department
Agriculture & Estates
Position
Partner
Career
Jeanette is an agricultural lawyer with over 30 years’ experience acting for East Anglian farmers, and leads Ashtons’ agriculture & estates department.
She specialises in farming and estate management arrangements for farmers and landed estates, and also public rights of way, farm partnerships, and tenancy reorganisations.
Farmland and development deals, public rights of way and tax planning and partnership are currently at the top of her caseload.
Having run and worked on the family farm in Norfolk, Jeanette’s experience of farming and agricultural business issues as a partner is a farm business is first-hand and gives her a valuable practical insight into her clients’ legal issues.
With a keen interest in recreational shooting, game conservancy and horses, Jeanette actively combines her rural interests with her professional life. She is currently a member of the Agricultural Law Association (ALA); the Cambs and Beds Committee of the CLA; the SAA; the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (RNAA) and the Cambridgeshire Committee of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). Jeanette’s previous accolades have seen her as Council Member of the ALA and as Chairman of the Cambridgeshire branch of the GWCT. She is a Trustee of Suffolk FWAG, which is actively supported by Ashtons Legal and a steward for RNAA.
Jeanette has lectured regionally for ADAS, BIAC, NFU, ISVA, CAAV, Want to Know, IAgSA and nationally for CLT and AgriLaw.
Jeanette has taken over leading our Agriculture & Estates team following the retirement of Jonathan Long and has also taken over Jonathan Long’s clients.
Languages
English
Memberships
Agricultural Law Association; the Cambridgeshire branch of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust; the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire CLA Committee; member of the Suffolk Agricultural Association; the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association and steward at the show; and the Farmers Club.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Finance > Banking and finance
At Ashtons Legal, the team ‘quickly gets to the crux of issues and provides pragmatic solutions’. ‘Experienced, professional, approachable and commercial‘ practice head Ron Clare in Bury St Edmunds manages the firm’s panel relationships, among them HSBC UK and Clydesdale Bank, as well as handling high-value secured lending transactions. He acted for Handelsbanken in the refinancing of one of its investor customers with a portfolio exceeding £11m. Ipswich-based corporate partner Geoff Hazlewood frequently acts for the firm’s panel bank clients. Agriculture specialist Jeanette Dennis in Cambridge acts for many regional banks and farmers in finance transactions. The firm hired senior associate Greg McCurday in Norwich from Birketts LLP to handle real estate finance matters.
East Anglia > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Leading individuals)Ashtons Legal‘s practice is known for its ‘strong attention-to-detail and ability to communicate complex matters in a clear and concise way to the client’. Bury St Edmunds-based practice head Jeanette Dennis assists farmers with estate management, rights of way, partnerships and tenancies. Key partner Jonathan Long frequently works alongside Dennis at the same office to assist land agents and accountants on inheritance tax and succession planning for farm partnerships. Simon Cunningham in Norwich advises farmers, landowners, and agricultural businesses on all aspects of property law, particularly in regard to diversification projects. Senior associates Rebecca Gatens in Ipswich and Karen Bacon in Norwich also play key roles in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates East Anglia > Private client
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Banking and finance East Anglia > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia