News
- Friday 13th September 2019
Dairy Farm Court of Appeal Ruling
A recent Court of Appeal ruling in Habberfield v Habberfield (2019) has upheld the High Court’s decision to award £1.2 million to a daughter’s claim for proprietary estoppel, following her detrimental reliance on her parents’ assurances that she would one day inherit the ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Rural Crime detection and prevention
Figures published this summer by NFU Mutual show rural crime has hit a seven-year high in the UK and is costing around £50m each year. As well as thefts of farm machinery and equipment there are also many thefts of crops and livestock. The true cost of rural crime across the UK would ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Waste scams and fly tipping
Kent Police is warning land and property owners to be aware of baled waste which is leaving some with very large clean up bills. Waste such as plastic, builder’s rubble, commercial and household waste which can’t be recycled is being compressed into a bale and concealed with ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Fly grazing and abandonment - advice for landowners
Fly grazing and horse abandonment is a recurrent issue for many landowners and should you find a horse (or donkey, mule or hinny) on your land and you cannot trace it to an owner then you are legally responsible for ensuring the welfare of it. Horse abandonment is where the animal is ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Can Collaborative law work for you?
The breakdown of a relationship need not be acrimonious and using the Collaborative process enables the couple to finalise the details of their split via face to face discussions in a series of four-way meetings. These meetings are attended by the separating couple, each supported by their own ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Class Q development
If you own redundant agricultural and/or commercial buildings then there may be various options available through permitted development rights and the planning process for future uses. The most typical option is a residential ‘barn conversion’ of a redundant agricultural ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Taste of Kent Awards 2020
Gullands is delighted to be sponsoring The Taste of Kent Awards 2020 and The Kent Food Business of the Year Award. These well-established awards are now in their 16th year and are organised by Produced in Kent and they allow the public to nominate and vote for the local food and drink heroes who ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Viti-Culture 2019
We were delighted to have a stand at Viti-Culture 2019 at Plumpton College in July. This first event was attended by over 1,200 people and showcased the many businesses and their services for winemakers and growers from across the UK. We joined around 80 trade exhibitors and it was exciting to ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Korfball Success for Ashley
Korfball is an exciting and fast past game and we are delighted to have a champion player working here on the Gullands team. Ashley Warner has been playing the game since she was aged 10 and now aged 23, she is part of the team who won a bronze medal in the 2018 league and earlier this year her ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
New starters
Gullands welcomes to the team a number of new starters this summer. Peter Burfoot, Associate Solicitor Peter is a highly experienced litigation solicitor who joined Gullands in April 2019. Peter has advised and represented clients in Kent, Sussex and the South East since 2000, principally ...