The CLA's Legal team can advise on a wide range of issues that affect members, such as, business tenancies, contracts, sale of goods, employment, construction, country sports, arbitration, fly tipping, trespass, scrap metal, animal trespass, illegal hunting, public order, agricultural wages, employment rights and more. Contact your local team for all advisory queries.
Legal Guidance Notes
16/04/2021
Extinction Rebellion (XR) has decided to turn its attention to land ownership, their own information on this can be found here. They intend to...
18/03/2021
This Guidance Note contains a summary of the law regarding redundancy and aims to help CLA Members navigate the potential pitfalls when managing...
02/03/2021
These Regulations came into force on 1 June 2020 (England only) and introduce another important element to the long list of landlords’ legal...
17/02/2021
This Guidance Note contains a summary of the law regarding retirement and aims to help CLA Members navigate the potential pitfalls when managing...
16/02/2021
When considering changing a property’s use from residential tenancy to holiday let (or vice versa) there are important issues to consider before...
National Legal Advisers
Chief Legal Adviser
Andrew studied law at Reading University and has been with the CLA as a solicitor since 2010 answering members legal queries and taking part in...
National Access Adviser
Sophie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and joins us from mfg solicitors where she worked in the Agricultural, Residential...
Senior Legal Adviser
Roger qualified as a Solicitor in 1985 and spent the first nine years of his career working as a property lawyer in private practice in Wiltshire and...
Senior Legal Adviser
Roberta is a solicitor with over 30 years’ experience and has been working for the CLA since 2003. She trained in the City and, as well as working in...
Senior Legal Adviser
Called to the Bar in 1991, in Chambers until 1997 when she joined the CLA. Helen Shipsey specialises in advice on grazing tenancies, agricultural...
Senior Legal Adviser
Harry is a Solicitor with nearly 20 years’ experience advising CLA members on their legal queries. She trained in the City (and Madrid) and then...
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