Rural & Agriculture Private Wealth

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Rural & Agriculture Private Wealth

Our Private Client Agriculture and Rural Law team provides trusted, specialist advice to farming families, landowners, and rural estates, helping them protect wealth, plan for succession, and secure their legacy for future generations. 

We advise on wills, succession planning, inheritance tax mitigation, trusts, estate administration, and lifetime wealth structuring, always mindful of the practical realities of running farms and rural businesses. Our approach is clear, pragmatic, and tailored to the unique challenges faced by rural families, including intergenerational ownership, diversification, and the preservation of land and assets. 

The Private Wealth team specialising in Agricultural and Rural matters is led by Nicole Miller, working with Kate Hooper, Harriet Page and Piers Galton-Beque. Together we bring expertise in private wealth and rural matters, combined with a collaborative and personal approach. We work closely with clients’ accountants, land agents, and other professional advisers to deliver joinedup, longterm solutions that balance family objectives with commercial and tax considerations.  

Whether planning for the future, navigating change, or dealing with sensitive family matters, our specialists are committed to providing practical, compassionate advice that protects rural wealth and ensures continuity for generations to come. 

Advising you on your Will, to give you control over what happens to your assets when you pass away.

Exploring the use of a Lifetime Trust to enable you to distribute some of your assets during your lifetime and to consider any specific conditions that may apply to the future use of these assets.

Arranging Lasting Powers of Attorney for you, to ensure that your finances, healthcare and business affairs are looked after, should you ever be unable to make these decisions in the future.

Acting for Executors to assist with Estate Administration, including obtaining a Grant of Probate and dealing with vital Inheritance Tax reliefs, such as Agricultural Relief.

Key contact

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Nicole Miller
Legal Director, Private Wealth & Inheritance

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Meet our experts

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William Chapman
Trainee Solicitor
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Jamie Lynch
Partner, Real Estate
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Piers Galton-Becque
Solicitor, Private Wealth & Inheritance
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Harriet Page
Solicitor, Private Wealth & Inheritance
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Kate Hooper
Senior Apprentice Solicitor, Private Wealth & Inheritance
Nicole Miller PNG
Nicole Miller
Legal Director, Private Wealth & Inheritance
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Lucinda Cameron
Solicitor, Corporate
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Hannah Clouting
Solicitor, Real Estate
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Liz Hailey
Partner, Head of Real Estate

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to your most pressing questions about our services and processes.

Careful succession planning, making use of Agricultural Relief (AR), Business Relief (BR), Trusts and professional lifetime planning can significantly reduce tax exposure. Expert advice is key to ensure your Estate is as well structured as it can be.  

The short answer – no. Farming Estates are often unique and complex, involving land, businesses, reliefs and family succession considerations. A Will tailored to agricultural and rural individuals will ensure that assets are dealt with appropriately, reliefs are preserved and the farm can continue as a viable enterprise.  

Putting Lasting Powers of Attorney in place early on ensures that trusted individuals can manage business and personal affairs without disruption. Without an LPA, your family may have to apply to the Court of Protection for authority to act on your behalf. This process can be costly and time-consuming.  

carefully drafted Will can leave the farm to the child who wishes to farm, while addressing the needs of other children through alternative provisions such as cash legacies, trusts, or life interests, helping to preserve the farm as a viable agricultural business, whilst also managing expectations and reducing a risk of a family dispute.  

A trust allows assets such as land or farming interests to be held and managed for beneficiaries, helping protect the farm, control succession and address tax and family considerations.  

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