Paul Hazeldine

Paul specialises in non-contentious agricultural, commercial and residential property law and renewable energy.

Paul is a partner in the Private Property & Agriculture team and acts for private clients, agri-businesses, institutional landowners and landed estates on a diverse range of property transactions including the acquisition and disposal of agricultural, residential and commercial properties. A significant part of his practice is focused on renewable energy and he is a core member of the firm’s Green Energy sector group. He also advises on landlord and tenant and general land management issues.

Paul qualified in 2000 and joined Clarke Willmott as a partner in 2009. He is a member of the Agricultural Law Association.

How Paul can help you

Paul advises clients on a wide range of issues including:

• Sales and purchases of estates, farms, land and country houses;
• On renewable energy – acting for landowners in relation to the grant of options and leases for solar developments including solar, battery storage and anaerobic digestion plus ancillary documents such as direct agreements;
• Sales and purchases of development land including clawback arrangements, options and pre-emptions;
• Estate management – e.g. acting for institutional clients in relation to estate management issues such as the variation of restrictive covenants and the grant of easements;
• Landlord and tenant matters – e.g. acting for large and small landowners (both as landlord and tenant) in relation to agricultural tenancies and commercial property in rural areas;
• Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 tenancies and Farm Business Tenancies;
• Telecommunication leases;
• Property matters relating to farm business reorganisation and restructuring required for diversification projects;
• Sporting rights

Experience

• Acting for the seller of two farm nurseries for £9,500,000 including taking a legal charge in relation to a deferred payment;
• Acting for the landlord on the grant of reversionary leases in relation to the sale of the income from solar leases for in excess of £4,000,000;
• Acting for the landlord in respect of the grant of an option for a battery storage project where the rent adjusts according to the potential export capacity of the site and whether gas generation is used;
• Acting for a developer in relation to entering into a conditional contract for the purchase of land, subject to obtaining planning permission;
• Acting for a landlord in relation to the grant of a farm nursery with a rent of £600,000 per annum.