We are one of only two appointed legal firms on the National Farmers Union (NFU) Legal Panel for North East members, part of the NFU North region.
Our team of specialist agricultural law solicitors have advised and supported the local Yorkshire farming community for many years, and we have every confidence in our experience and expertise on diverse and varied agricultural and horticultural, land, business and property matters.
NFU stands for the National Farmers Union. Crombie Wilkinson are legal panel appointed solicitors for NFU members in the North East region, part of the NFU North region – contact us for more information about the legal services we provide NFU members and how we can help.
National Farmers' Union is an association of farmers in England and Wales. It is the largest farmers' organisation in both countries with over 300 branches and representing more than 46,000 farming and growing businesses. A major objective of the organisation is to ensure a stable and sustainable future for British farmers.
With regards to legal issues, the NFU can help with their legal assistance scheme (LAS) and the NFU contract checking service. Talk to our team of NFU panel solicitors to discuss these services in more detail and to find out how we can help you.
By understanding our strengths and having passion and enthusiasm for what we do, we provide comprehensive legal advice and expertise to the NFU's North East members, part of the NFU North region.
Our appointment to the NFU Legal Panel Service in May 2008, followed the completion of an intensive six month national review by the National Farmers Union and stiff competition from other firms of Solicitors in the region. After demonstrating our ability in the tender process, we were proud to be chosen for our understanding and expert knowledge in Agriculture, as farming areas which are relevant to NFU members, such as diversification, tax, planning, wills and probate, family, conveyancing and dispute resolution.
Farm Resilience Plan - Contract Checking Service and Legal Health Check, called Farm Resilience Plan, to plan for your farm's future.
By safeguarding the interests and wishes of the people involved in the farm, as well as the running of the farm business, you can be assured that these checking services offered by the NFU and legal panel firms will identify the aspects you need to ensure are in place and correctly documented to protect your farm business for the future. Read more about the discounts on getting farm business and farming family documents in place or updated by using the Contract Checking Service and the Legal Health Check Service.
Our appointment to the NFU Legal Panel is regularly reviewed and monitored by the NFU, and we are committed to continuing to provide both quality legal advice and service to the NFU's North East members. Our long standing relationship with the NFU and the Rural Community in our region, means that we have a sound understanding of the issues which NFU members face and we are therefore able to provide practical and helpful legal advice.
As well as providing legal advice, we enjoy serving and assisting our Agricultural and Rural Community in a variety of ways and giving our continued support to the British Farming and Food sector.
Our team of experienced solicitors help NFU North East members in the York East Riding, York West Riding & South Yorkshire regions by
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For more information, please do not hesitate to contact one of our agricultural law solicitors with your enquiry.
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