BPTA members now have a further choice of BPTA Legal Advice Lines
Roythornes – BPTA Legal Advice Line 01775 842508
Thorntons – BPTA Legal Advice Line 01382 346214
Lauren Rae/Nikki McAtier of DWF LLP – Contact: Lauren.Rae@dwflaw Mobile: 07754 506040 or Nikki.McAtier@dwf.law Mobile: 07518 902009
Roythornes Solicitors and Thorntons Solicitors are two of the leading agricultural law firms in the UK. DWF LLP have offered to act as a second Scottish Legal Helpline BPTA members following Lauren Rae’s move from Thorntons to DWF LLP.
Some of the areas in which they can help members include:
Contract disputes
Property transactions and disputes
Debt recovery
Employment law advice
Joint Ventures, Producer Organisations and partnerships
International trade
How the scheme works in two simple steps
1. Call the legal advice line as per the above contact details., explaining you are a BPTA member and giving an outline of your question. Alternatively e-mail sarahwhitehurst@roythornes.co.uk or smilne@thorntons-law.co.uk or lrae@thorntons-law.co.uk with the same details.
2. The advice line offers up to half an hours’ free telephone advice – usually plenty enough to resolve most issues. It is open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
We hope members take advantage of the advice line. In many cases an early call can save much larger problems arising at later stages.