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www.lamportbassitt.co.uk New rural team at Moore Blatch
Businesses and individuals looking for specialist rural and agricultural advice will be pleased to learn that Moore Blatch solicitors has set up a dedicated team catering specifically for this sector.
The new rural team comprises key members of Moore Blatch personnel including: Julian Parkes, David Charlesworth, Edward Whittington, Karl Cameron and Jessica Tresham, who will work together to provide a comprehensive and tailored service to individuals, families, businesses and institutions.
Moore Blatch partner Julian Parkes commented: “We regularly receive enquiries of a rural and agricultural nature across a range of legal areas and have successfully helped both businesses and individuals in this sector. Developing a specialist team to service this sector is a natural development.“
From left: Edward Whittington, Jessica Tresham, Karl Cameron and Julian Parkes of the rural team
The team will advise on the sale and purchase of a range of properties including: agricultural land/farms, landed estates, country homes and equine properties. They will also provide
Solicitors commended Blake Lapthorn
Three solicitors from Blake Lapthorn’s travel team have won the Solent Education Business Partnership (Solent EBP) award for ’Amazing people involved in promoting modern foreign languages’.
The awards ceremony took place at the Harbour Lights Picture House in Southampton and was sponsored and presented by PwC.
Passionate about the use of languages in the workplace, Chris Deacon and Lauren Haas, supported by Daniel Scognamiglio, took part in a project sponsored by Southampton University that required students from Mountbatten School, Romsey, and Wyvern Technology College, Fair Oak, to develop innovative
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ways of encouraging their peers to think about possible future careers where use of a foreign language is considered desirable and an asset valued by employers.
Moore Blatch
Ten solicitors from Moore Blatch have been recognised as ’leaders in their fields’ in the forthcoming Chambers UK 2012 Directory.
The legal directory, which is widely recognised as the ’bible’ for selecting law firms, ranks firms following independent interview- based research with peers and clients.
Those recognised included: David Charlesworth for agricultural and rural affairs, Carla Brown for private client, David Thompson for transport and regulatory matters, Katherine Maxwell for
specific advice to help settle disputes, put in place farm partnership agreements and advise on tax planning/corporate restructures with many more services available.
employment, Mark Osgood for restructuring and insolvency, Paul Whitaker for dispute resolution and Roger Bailey for corporate/ mergers and acquisitions.
The personal injury arm of the firm, Moore Blatch Resolve, also received recognition for its work, with Damian Horan highlighted as an expert for personal injury work and Anne Cassidy and Tim Spring for clinical negligence.
Commenting on the firm’s performance, managing partner David Thompson said: “I am delighted that Chambers continue to recognise the exceptional work of our solicitors. These recommendations are testament to the dedication, commitment and outstanding levels of service we offer our clients“.
The Chambers UK 2012 directory showing individual rankings will be published in October.
Parkes continued: “Our aim is to provide a bespoke and holistic service to the rural and agricultural sector bringing together the wide range of legal specialisms we have as a firm. All of the members of the team have a genuine enthusiasm and interest in rural and agricultural law.
It helps that we all come
from farming or country backgrounds, so we are able to understand the underlying issues involved in this sector.“
Members of the Agricultural Law Association, Country Land and Business Association and the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, the newly-formed team has been instrumental in setting up the Agricultural Law Association South Central regional group, which held its inaugural meeting at Sparsholt College earlier this month.
New ruling for valuations
Following a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal, buy-to-let purchasers can no longer seek to rely on their bank’s valuation and will need to obtain their own when purchasing a property, to protect themselves against losses caused by a negligent overvaluation.
Moore Blatch professional negligence expert Marianne Jarvis said that the decision makes a marked distinction between owner-occupier and buy-to-let purchasers and overturns a former High Court decision. “The decision has serious implications for buy-to- let purchasers, failure to obtain their own report could mean that, even if a valuation is found to be negligent, they will be unable to pursue a claim.“
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – SEPTEMBER 2011
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