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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Ray Woodward

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

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Warren Moores

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

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Holly Jones

Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Chester
Phone: 01244 305942

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“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

“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

“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

How we have helped our clients

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...

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...

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...

What happens if I don’t have a Will?

If you don’t have a Will, your estate will be distributed in accordance with the intestacy rules, which set out in strict terms who in your family should benefit. This may mean that it doesn’t go to the people you...

My son is marrying next year. Can we protect the farm in the event of a divorce, he is a partner in the business?

Yes, the couple can enter into a pre-marital agreement (pre-nuptial) and post-marital agreement. Whilst they are not currently legally binding in the UK, under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 they are factors that the court will take into account on...

Why do I need a written partnership agreement?

Without a good partnership agreement, you’re opening yourselves up to real problems and cost when there is a disagreement in the future. Even if there are no disagreements, by structuring the partnership in the right way you will also be...

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