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Environment and Agriculture

Davitt Jones Bould

London, England
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Advised a major corporation on liabilities for the storage of
nuclear waste.

Advised a major international company on the environmental issues relating to the acquisition of a copper mine in Wales.

Advised a major company on the international rules governing a contract for the transfrontier shipment of waste from a middle eastern country to another continent.

Advised a major oil company on the relevant environmental legislation affecting offshore oil exploration in the marine area adjacent to a west African state.

Advised a major global corporation on the possibilities of climate change litigation.

Advised a wide range of clients on all aspects of non-contentious agricultural property work including large estates across England and Wales. In Oxfordshire, acting on one of the largest private farming estate purchases of its time, overseeing the agricultural property aspects of that purchase as part of a wider team

Undertook substantive first registration projects for landed estates and charitable institutions, including site inspections and unregistered deed assessments to identify issues as to boundaries, restrictive covenants and the like and agreeing proactive approaches to settle these alongside the first registration process.

Advising on complicated situations arising from tenancy rights under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986; acting for landlords on aspects including notices to quit following grant of planning permission to develop agricultural land, and acting on the tenant side when tenant’s relatives wish to make succession applications on retirement or death of a tenant protected under the 1986 Act.

Organigram

Team Services

Environment, Climate & ESG: A Commercial Approach 

Environmental law is an established area of mainstream commercial legal practice. Its original focus has evolved from legacy issues created by former industrial activities (such as contaminated land) and compliance (for example enforcement actions for breaching environmental permits and licences) to the new and complex frontier presented by climate change and restoring ecological damage. This is leading to growing demand for specialist, commercially minded lawyers who can bring an experienced approach to understanding and resolving broader environmental issues and to unlocking real estate and corporate transactions.

Our highly experienced team of environmental lawyers advise clients across the full spectrum of environmental law matters, advising on environmental legacy issues, environmental compliance and the new environmental frontier of ESG, climate change and sustainability laws.

Agricultural Capability 

We understand the unique challenges and opportunities that can arise when it comes to agricultural property law, including those associated with completing complex transactions within very tight timescales.

Whatever you wish to do with your land, our team of specialists have the experience and expertise to guide you and tailor an approach that works for you. They cover aspects of real estate in agriculture including (but not limited to): single farm payments, public access and liability, farmland acquisitions and disposals, farm tenancies, boundary, covenant, and easement disputes agricultural leases, tenancies and licences, wayleaves and utilities, compulsory purchase as well as environmental law issues.

Awards and Recognition

Property Week Property Awards 2024

Finalists for Legal/Professional Team of the Year - Commercial Property 2024

Property Week Property Awards 2023

Highly Commended for Legal/Professional Team of the Year - Commercial Property 2023

The Lawyer Awards 2023

Commended for Boutique Firm of the year

The Times Best Law Firms 2022

Commended for Commercial Property and Landlord and Tenant Law

Property Week Property Awards 2022

Finalist for Legal Team Award 2022

Property Week Property Awards 2021

Finalist for Legal Team Award 2021

Estates Gazette Awards 2021

Finalist for Legal Team Award 2021

Legal Business Awards 2021

Finalist for Real Estate Team of the Year 2021