Some years, at around this time of year, I write an article extolling everybody to ensure that their Shoot Health & Safety Risk Assessment is in place and properly updated prior to the season beginning. I normally reinforce the point by highlighting some ghastly accident that took place the season before and stress that updating an existing assessment is a simple exercise. Not so this year!
With 2019 drawing to a close, it is time for my traditional look back on the year, along with a look forward to what might come our way in 2020.
BUYING woodland has long been popular for a variety of reasons. It has been viewed as a relatively cheap way of getting to own a little piece of England.
WELL, let us hope that we have seen the last of the white stuff for this winter and that spring is finally on its way. Whilst an inconvenience for most people, my thoughts were with those struggling to look after livestock in the atrocious conditions.
LIKE most people, I cannot resist reading those articles that begin along the lines of “five things to do to make a fortune” or “three ways of succeeding in love”.
HERE is a question that I bet you have not been asked recently down the pub: “What’s the difference between a wayleave and an easement?”
FINALLY, the Prime Minister has set out her approach to Brexit negotiations and the Supreme Court has cleared the legal fog on constitutional issues.
HERE at Sintons, we are delighted to have the opportunity to be associated with the farming page in the Hexham Courant . Our logo adorns the page and once a month I will get the chance to inform you of some, hopefully topical, rural legal issue.
