Wills, probate and estate planning (Farming)

We help landowners and farming families manage estates, plan succession, and secure their business with wills and power of attorney.

Expert legal help for agricultural wills, probate and estate planning

Restructuring your farm business to create valuable tax reliefs

A review of your farm’s activities by our experienced legal team will look for opportunities to take advantage of valuable tax reliefs, advising on any restructuring that may be necessary and working in tandem with your own professional advisers.

Securing your assets for future generations

As a full-service legal firm, we can call upon colleagues from our expert property and commercial teams to create a partnership structure to be used as a strategy for succession planning, securing your farm business as a viable asset for future generations.

Wills and trusts advice for long-term succession strategy

We also help you with specialist wills and trust advice including the creation and ongoing administration of discretionary trusts, designed to transfer business assets and family wealth as part of a long-term succession strategy. Our experts also provide advice on capital gains tax with the aim of significantly reducing inheritance tax premiums.

The team at Tees have the diversity in knowledge that enable them to understand their clients needs. They operate with transparency and fairness.

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Our expertise

Our solicitors for wills, probate and estate planning for farmers can help with a range of issues including:

Expert advice on wills and trusts for farmers
Setting up Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs)
Reducing inheritance tax on farm estates
Managing capital gains tax for agricultural businesses
Probate services for rural estates

Legal and financial advice

Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm and our teams are experienced in all aspects of law, so you can be assured of a comprehensive and joined-up service. As well as legal expertise for rural businesses, we have specialists in employment law, property, litigation and finance.

We also have in-house independent financial advisers who work closely with our lawyers to deliver all the advice you need for your business.

Our independent financial advisers are regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, which means we are accountable for all the advice that we give.

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Frequently asked questions

The answers to many of your questions can be found here, please get in touch for further information.

I have been told my property has development potential. What do I do?

If you’ve been contacted by a developer or a land promoter regarding a potential development to your property, you may wish to consider granting an option agreement or a promotion agreement. An option agreement is made between the landowner and the developer, where it is intended that the developer will apply for planning permission and requires an option to buy the property. A land promotion agreement is used where a developer agrees to apply for planning permission and will market the property for sale on the open market once planning permission has been obtained. This is usually in return for a proportion of the net sale proceeds. The law on this is very complex and you will need specialist advice.

Contact us today

If you’d like to meet one of our experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.

Telephone

0800 013 1165

Office locations
Bishop’s Stortford
Brentwood
Cambridge
Chelmsford
North Herts
Saffron Walden

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All legal services provided by Tees are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Tees is a trading name of Stanley Tee LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA Number 464615) and is registered in England and Wales number OC327874.

All financial services provided by Tees are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Tees and Tees Wealth are trading names of Tees Financial Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales number 4342506. Registered office address Tees House, 95 London Road, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3GW.

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