Agricultural Law

Agricultural Law provides the practitioner guidance on all aspects of the law governing agricultural property. It gives detailed coverage not only of farm tenancy law and land tenure, but also of the law governing land use. The book covers farm business tenancies, tied cottages, planning law, the legal implications of farm diversification, the single payment scheme and CAP support, management agreements for promoting nature conservation, and the environmental regulation of rural land use. This edition includes legislative changes and developments, including cases such as: Spencer and another v Secretary of State for Defence; Pawson deceased v HMRC; Golding v HMRC; Thorne v Courtier; Dewan v Lewis; CAP Reform; Planning Policy Framework 2012; Conservation of Species and habitats Regulations 2010. Contents: Agricultural land tenure and protective legislation; Land use and the law of the Common Agricultural Policy; Farm business tenancies; Termination of farm business tenancies; Agricultural holdings; Agricultural holdings: the tenancy agreement; Agricultural holdings: security of tenure; Statutory succession to agricultural holdings; Agricultural holdings: compensation on termination of tenancy; Market gardens, smallholdings and allotments; Farm cottages; Planning law and development control; Agriculture, nature conservation and land use; Pollution control and land use; Land use and the single farm payment; Dairy quotas. Previous edition ISBN: 9781845920920