Our team support over 50 landed estates across the UK and many rural businesses.

Our specialists understand the issues and complexities that can arise from owning rural property.

We will get to know you to understand your needs. Our team work in partnership with you and other advisors to preserve the estate and land holdings for future generations.

Our areas of expertise

  • Succession planning including family structures, family charters and asset protection
  • Inheritance tax planning including “Balfour” planning, and re-organisation of estates to secure agricultural and business reliefs
  • Development and diversification and the associated tax liabilities and mitigation
  • Heritage property and conditional exemption
  • Trustee protection and disputes
  • Trusts and their administration (including settled land act settlements)
  • Variation of Trust Act Applications