Essential Law for Landowners and Farmers, Fourth Edition

Essential Law for Landowners and Farmers provides an invaluable source of sound advice, clarifying the complex problems facing landowners today, and explaining the law governing their resolution.

In this major new edition, all the chapters have been re-written and several added, to reflect the enormous changes in the law over the last eleven years - from the new access to open land to environmental issues and the introduction of the farm business tenancy. Designed for quick and easy reference, the book concentrates on issues of prime relevance to landowners and now with a further reading section, this book is an essential single source of guidance on land law.

According to Lord Plumb, writing on the last edition, reading it could avert much 'dispute and misunderstanding ... argument and bloodshed'. Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Land Law (pages 1–11):
Chapter 2 Farm Business Tenancies (pages 12–30):
Chapter 3 Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancies (pages 31–46):
Chapter 4 Residential Protection of Farm Workers (pages 47–59):
Chapter 5 Business Tenancies on Farms and Estates (pages 60–68):
Chapter 6 Public Access (pages 69–85):
Chapter 7 Planning (pages 86–117):
Chapter 8 Compulsory Purchase and Compensation (pages 118–136):
Chapter 9 Utilities ? Rights and Wayleaves (pages 137–157):
Chapter 10 Liability of the Occupier of Land (pages 158–173):
Chapter 11 Water and Watercourses (pages 174–184):
Chapter 12 Sporting Matters (pages 185–206):
Chapter 13 Environment (pages 207–223):
Chapter 14 Milk Quotas (pages 224–234):
Chapter 15 Employment (pages 235–253):
Chapter 16 Rating and Council Tax (pages 254–264):