Land disputes are different on farms. The parties are neighbours or relations who must live beside each other afterwards; the land carries generations of meaning as well as value; and the evidence lives in ditches, old maps and long memories. We handle these disputes with that reality in view: strong on the law, practical on the outcome.
Disputes We Handle
- Boundary disputes: where the folio map, the ditch and the neighbour’s recollection disagree — see farm boundary disputes explained.
- Rights of way and easements: creating, proving, defending and extinguishing rights of access, including claims based on long use — see rights of way over farm land.
- Adverse possession: making and defending applications arising from long occupation — see squatters’ rights on agricultural land.
- Trespass, encroachment and livestock: straying stock, moved fences, unauthorised works and interference with drains and watercourses.
- Family disputes over land: disagreements after a death or a transfer, disputed promises about the farm, and partition applications between co-owners — closely connected to our probate practice.
Our Approach: Resolve, Register, Move On
The best outcome in most farm disputes is not a judgment; it is a registered document that ends the argument permanently — a boundary agreement, a deed of easement over a defined route, a transfer of the disputed strip for value. We push for that outcome first, using mediation where it helps, and reserve litigation for cases where the other side leaves no alternative. When we do litigate, we prepare from day one as if the case will be fought to the end.
A Dispute Brewing Over Land?
Take advice before positions harden. Early strategy usually decides these cases.
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