Meet the Agricultural Law Team

Kaye Whitby

Job Title: Business Owner, Head of Chester Office and Partner
Location: Chester
Phone: 0344 391 5830

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James Goddard

Job Title: Partner
Location: Chester
Phone: 01244 305912

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Helen Gowin

Job Title: Partner
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282351

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Claire Porter

Job Title: Partner
Location: Chester
Phone: 01244 305926

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Vicky Timothy

Job Title: Partner
Location: Stockport
Phone: 0161 475 1209

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Warren Moores

Job Title: Senior Associate
Location: Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton
Phone: 0161 475 1225

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Ray Woodward

Job Title: Senior Associate
Location: Chester
Phone: 01244 305954

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“The team has a comprehensive range of skillsets that are appropriate for my personal and business interests. The accessibility of the partners permits the building of relationships that are very important in transactions that need to be ongoing now and into the future.”

Legal 500, 2021

“The team has provided and supplied an all-embracing legal service which despite having many legal avenues works cohesively together. Personal engagement is a focus of the team which is more like the traditional client/family solicitor role.”

Legal 500 UK, 2022 (Agriculture)

“James Goddard of SAS Daniels is entrusted with the role of providing legal representation of a rural estate in Cheshire and delivers an approachable and dependable service with efficient, accurate and professional advice in which you can have absolute confidence.”

Mary Ankers

“James Goddard is always available when needed and understands the inter-family connections that are important. As time goes on he is becoming integral to our future planning.”

Legal 500, 2021

“Thank you very much for all your hard work to gain this completion. It has been a pleasure to work with you and I would happily recommend you and your firm’s services to prospective clients.”

Tom Bain

How we have helped our clients

Alleged failure to comply with the UK TSE monitoring scheme

Our Food Regulatory team successfully appealed against the conviction of an abattoir for an alleged failure to comply with the UK TSE monitoring scheme. In this case, an abattoir was convicted of failing to hand over sheep brain samples as...

Maximising agricultural and business property relief

We acted for executors following the death of the farmer and worked alongside property valuers in claiming and negotiating agricultural and business property reliefs with the Inland Revenue. This maximised the value of the farmer’s estate, which was to pass...

Settlement agreement with a farm tenant

We acted for the owner of an estate in the completion of a settlement agreement with a farm tenant which involved the following: Serving notice on the farm tenant to terminate the existing lease under the Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA)...

FAQs

Will my farmhouse qualify for relief from inheritance tax?

This depends on the circumstances of your particular farm. There have been a number of cases about this which set out various tests, including considering the size of the farmhouse compared to the size of the farm and whether it...

I granted an agricultural tenancy many years ago but it wasn’t put in writing. What kind of farming agreement is in place?

Agricultural holdings are often held under oral tenancies where the terms are vague or have been forgotten. Likewise, old written tenancies tend to be short and may not include many of the important provisions which are required. There are two...

Will the farm have to be sold in a divorce?

It’s rare for the court to order a sale of the entire farm. The court will consider if part can be sold off without affecting the viability of the farming business to meet the other party’s needs. The court does...

Will my wife get half of all of the assets in a divorce? I have been farming since I was 16 years of age.

Not necessarily. In the case of White and White, which was a landmark decision in 2000 in the House of Lords, the parties had been married for over 30 years. Both came from farming backgrounds. A year before the marriage...

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