We are one of three appointed legal firms on the National Farmers Union (NFU) Legal Panel for North region members.
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 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 region members.
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, business, commercial property 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.
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 members in the York East Riding, York West Riding & South Yorkshire regions by
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Seeking early advice before signing on the dotted line can protect you from potentially costly, lengthy and stressful legal disputes in the future. That’s why the NFU in conjunction with its Legal Panel Firms (Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors is one of the legal panel firms for the NFU North region) is delighted to offer a Contract Checking Service to NFU Farmer & Grower members.
We can undertake the NFU Contract Checking Service on your behalf by offering our independent professional advice to ensure you understand your rights and obligations and are satisfied that your aims and objectives are met before you sign the contract.
Contact NFU CallFirst by calling 0370 845 8458. The NFU specialist adviser will have a free initial discussion with you and can then make a referral to the legal panel firm in your region, who will contact you within 48 hours to discuss your contract.
Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors will contact you to discuss your requirements and objectives, as well as review the documentation you send to us. We will review the contract and contact you with a fixed quote for the service based on its complexity, value and in some cases, its length. If agreed, we will then produce a simple report to reflect your objectives and help you to understand the contract.
The NFU has negotiated exclusive preferential rates for NFU Farmer & Grower members that start from as little as £275.00 (+ VAT) for the report at stage 2 (depending on the complexity and value of the contract). When you balance that cost against what the contract is going to be worth to your business, it is likely to be money well spent.
Special offer below is currently available subject to any changes to offer and timescales by the NFU.
NFU members who subscribe to the NFU Legal Assistance Scheme can apply for financial assistance of up to a maximum of £1,000 towards the costs of having four contracts checked or drafted by the NFU Legal Panel Firms at £250 each. Normal LAS rules apply.
If you want us to, we will consider the contract in more detail and assist in renegotiating specific terms with the other party and/or advise in further detail what the contract means for your business.
The charge at stage 3 will either be at the firm’s standard hourly rates (with a 12.5% NFU discount applied), or if possible, at a fixed fee that can be agreed upon directly with us before any work is done.
Get in touch with our NFU contract checking solicitors in Pickering, York, Malton and Selby.
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