Farming Law Blog

Even prior to the arrival of Covid-19 in the UK, concerns were raised that the Agriculture Bill and the related Environment Bill did not strike the right balance between food security and environmental issues. Given recent market shocks, we examine whether...

Distance Selling rules concerning contracts made online, by telephone, fax or email

• Posted2020-04-21 00:00
• AuthorMatt Rowley

The Covid-19 lockdown has seen many small businesses rapidly adapt their business models to distance selling in order to continue to trade, adopting either a model of pre-ordering with collection or full delivery services. Orders can be provided...

How can the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act help my business?

• Posted2020-04-14 00:00
• AuthorRichard Hugill

If you run a business, you will be having to respond on many different fronts to the challenges of the lockdown. But how do we respond to bad debt? The answer is be proactive, review your debtors, maintain your cash flow and, in doing so, give your...

Can you create a contract by email?

• Posted2020-04-07 00:00
• AuthorMatt Rowley

The traditional view of ‘a contract’ tends to be that reams of paper with “wet ink” signatures, amongst other formalities, are required in order for the contract to be valid. However, this is far from the case as the courts have...

Although farming families are often close-knit, the long-hours and pressures of running a business can take their toll, leading to relationship breakdown and divorce. The often complex nature of farming partnerships, land holdings and other business assets...