Practice Notes on Agricultural Tenancies

Angela Sydenham, MA, LLB, Solicitor, Head of the Agricultural Department at Birketts, Ipswich

Basic Information; Checklist to Decide on Relevant Legislation; Farm Business Tenancies including: Rent; Dispute Resolution; and Notices; Common Questions and Answers on Farm Business Tenancies including: Section 4(1)(D): Agreed Succession; Section 4(1)(F): Implied Surrender and Re-Grant; and Grazing Agreements; Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancies including: The Tenancy Agreement; Fixed Equipment; Rent; Cultivation of the Land; Security of Tenure; Compensation; Succession Tenancies; and Disputes Procedure; Common Questions and Answers on Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancies including: Section 2: Conversion into Tenancy from Year to Year; Part IV: Succession Tenancies; and Sections 25,26 Part I Schedule 3: Incontestable Notice to Quit; Time Limits including: The Main Time Limits under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986; and Time Limits under the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995; Procedural Checklist including: Grant of the Tenancy; Assignment; and Surrender; Residential Protection of Farm Workers including: The Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976; The Housing Act 1988; Rent Act 1977; and The Protection from Eviction Act 1977; Shortholds; Statutory Instruments, Prescribed Forms and Precedents including: Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995; Agricultural Holdings Act 1986; Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976; and Housing Act 1996 ss 96-104.