Mediation

Even the best-managed rural businesses face disputes. Because conflicts over rural land often involve sensitive family dynamics, long-standing partnerships, and local communities, it’s beneficial to resolve issues quickly and amicably to avoid long-lasting damage to business operations and relationships. Mediation is particularly effective at minimising damage in these circumstances, providing an opportunity for voluntary and confidential dispute resolution.

Our mediation services

Mediation is generally more flexible, cost-effective, discreet, and faster than legal action, and it gives all parties involved greater control over the outcome, which can help protect future relationships.

Our specialists provide mediation services to farms, estates and other rural businesses, acting as an impartial third party to facilitate conversations, encourage open communication, and help to reach a mutually acceptable resolution. We aim to preserve relationships, minimise disruption to farming or estate operations, and find outcomes that are fair, sustainable, and future-proof.

We apply our expert knowledge to help find pragmatic solutions to a wide range of rural property disputes and conflicts. Whether you are dealing with disagreements over land boundaries, agricultural tenancies, or succession planning and inheritance, our mediation specialists can help you achieve a resolution while saving time, money, and stress.

Formal dispute resolution

While mediation delivers successful outcomes in many rural land disputes, some complex cases require formal litigation to reach a resolution. If your dispute has proceeded to a tribunal, we can instead offer formal expert witness services, and have a list of accredited specialists who can support individuals, businesses and organisations through legal proceedings. We can assist in a range of circumstances, including disputed valuations, professional negligence claims, assessment of losses within estate and farm businesses, compensation claims, landlord-tenant disputes, restrictive covenants, sporting rights, easements and rights of way.