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HCR Hewitsons

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England - East Anglia • Private client

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Agriculture and estates

The client list of the substantial agriculture and estates team at HCR Hewitsons is populated by rural landowners, and owners of some of the largest farms and businesses in the country. The practice is equipped to cover the full range of work in this area, from high-value transactions and long-term strategic advice, to agricultural litigation and land disputes. At the helm of the practice, Emily Pumfrey  and Denise Wilkinson both come with acclaim for their ‘excellent quality of service’ and are both adept at acting on complex property and family issues in the rural sector. James Frankland has particular expertise in farm business tenancies, Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies and natural capital, while at a more junior level, Sam Mitchell supports the team on the full scope of matters.
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Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘The practice offers a high level of service and has significant staff resources in the niche area of renewable development.’

  • ‘I have worked with both Denise Wilkinson and Emily Pumfrey jointly representing a client. Both Denise and Emily provided an excellent quality of service that was distinctive in respect of their level of expertise, due diligence, eye for detail and the way in which they were able to explain complex points of detail in simple terms for everyone's benefit, including out client.’

  • ‘The team are very skilled at dealing with arrangements that our outside of the ordinary, considering the implications for us as clients, but also the alternatives to reach our desired outcome.’

  • ‘The team are friendly and approachable, keen to build effective working relationships. They understand our organisational aims, but also work hard to relate to the individuals in our organisation.’

  • ‘HCR's agriculture and estates team have been advising us on a range of issues for many years. We have been very impressed with both the breadth and depth of their knowledge. It has been really important to us that HCR have understood our work and how it is evolving. They have been incredibly thorough in their advice, having dealt with complicated purchases for us recently, but they have also been highly adaptable, offering solutions to new processes, such as agreements for the provision of Biodiversity Net Gain.’

  • ‘Denise Wilkinson's understanding of our needs has been amazing. Her retention of the detail of our portfolio of land holdings has saved us hours of delving through paperwork. She has been incredibly adept at developing solutions to problems, while ensuring we understand associated risks at all stages. When problems have arisen in other areas of our work, she has been quick to find us appropriate support. We are particularly grateful to Denise for her rapid grasp of complicated proposals, and the thoroughness of her advice.'

Clients clés

  • RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) (England and Wales)
  • The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire)
  • The Rochester Bridge Trust (Kent, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire & Yorkshire)

Points forts

Advised Rochester Bridge Trust on the disposal of farmland in Kent with outline consent for 135 dwellings.
Representing BAWAG in challenging the Environment Agency’s reduction in water abstraction licences across the Norfolk Broads.
Spearheading the pilot schemes and development of Landscape Recovery, across RSPB reserves nationally.
Responsable de la pratique

Emily Pumfrey; Denise Wilkinson

Autres avocats clés

James Frankland; Sam Mitchell