England - East Anglia • Private client
Roythornes Solicitors
Roythornes Solicitors has a large agriculture practice across its Spalding office and its Huntingdon office, which is increasingly becoming a more significant hub of activity. Practice head Tim Russ who has ‘an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism’, spends more time in the Alconbury office, alongside Claire Hindmarsh who is an authority on rural property matters. Agricultural property partner Matthew Hesketh joined the practice in September 2022 from Mills & Reeve LLP. As well as property matters, the firm is also highly regarded for commercial, tax and succession planning advice. They are noted as being able to ‘speak from experience on most matters’.
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Testimonials
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‘The Roythornes agricultural team is market-leading in its strength and depth of expertise. It is unquestionably one of the top few firms for work in this area.'
‘One of the leading practices for agricultural litigation.’
‘Tim Russ is a leading expert in agricultural property litigation, including such highly technical areas as proprietary estoppel, succession claims and partnership disputes.’
‘Tim Russ has an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism.’
‘Extremely talented team, swift to react and very commercial in approach. Can-do practicality with consummate professionalism.’
‘We find Roythornes to be well-placed and experienced in our activities. Their team approach to our needs is always reassuring, different specialists are called upon by each other to assist in getting the correct advice.’
- 'We have had dealings with Lizzie Walters regarding our succession planning. Lizzie was extremely technically competent and also efficient. We are grateful for her fantastic efforts during what was a lengthy and complex set of transactions.’
‘Tim Russ is knowledgeable, dedicated and has a no-nonsense approach. He is rightly regarded as one of the leading lights in agriculture and estates disputes.’
Work highlights
- Acting for a landowning family in relation to a 500MW solar development and energy storage park involving over 1,600 acres of land.
- Litigating both in court and at arbitration for a father against his son in connection with the family farm which is worth in the region of £3m.
- Acting for landowner trustees in a joint disposal transaction with a neighbouring landowner selling approximately 1100 acres of agricultural land to a national housebuilder for residential development for a total sale price of over £60m.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tim Russ