Agriculture
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Cultivate a broad knowledge of agricultural law
Agricultural law is far from straightforward. Peter R Williams considers some farmland issues
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PP 2012/167
Town and country planning; Agriculture
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Alford
Environmental assessment — Screening — Environmental Impact Assessment (Uncultivated Land and Semi-natural Areas)(England) Regulations 2001 — Application of manure to grassland farm — Whether increase in productiveness “intensive agricultural purposes”…
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R v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte St Cleres Hall Farm and others
Milk quota allocation — SLOM II scheme — Quotas initially granted to applicant milk producers — Quotas withdrawn by MAFF — High Court holding that MAFF acted lawfully in so…
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Holdcroft and another v Staffordshire County Council
Surrender of farm tenancy — Change of occupation — Apportionment of quota among interested parties — Whether arbitrator having jurisdiction to make award — Arbitrator concluding that he had jurisdiction…
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R v Milk Marketing Board, ex parte Brook
Milk Marketing Scheme — Milk producers obliged to keep records and make accurate returns — Applicant failed to make returns — Penalties imposed — Whether board had jurisdiction to entertain…
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McPhail and another v Greensmith
Landlord and tenant — Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 — Whether person employed on agricultural holding as a mechanic was a ‘qualifying worker’
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Parsons v Parsons and others
Landlord and tenant — Agricultural holdings — Decision on agricultural holdings case, but with general bearing on landlord and tenant law — Whether a notice to quit given to a…
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Grounds v Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster and another
Milk quota — Compensation — Amount payable to outgoing tenant at end of tenancy — Agriculture Act 1986, section 13 and Schedule 1 — Calculation of standard quota — Arbitrator’s…
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Dagg v Lovett
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976–Widow’s application for a tenancy under succession provisions–Appeal from decision of agricultural land tribunal–Tribunal decided that widow should be treated as eligible by virtue of section…
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R v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte Cox
Milk quota — Whether there was an effective transfer of a milk quota sold to the applicant — Whether the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food had power to rescind…
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Short Bros (Plant) Ltd v Edwards
Agricultural Holdings Act 1948, section 2–Whether a series of transactions over a period of years resulted in a licence for grazing for a specified period of the year or a…