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This "absolutely excellent firm" is endorsed for its advice on the full range of rural and countryside matters.  Clients say it is first rate at working with government bodies and applaud its trenchant approach to dealing with the bureaucratic and legalistic morass that frequently confronts farming clients.  Furthermore, the lawyers are also appreciated for their immediate responses and superb organisational skills... With particular expertise in contentious work, the agricultural team "excels when the situation is adversarial and confrontational". 

Chambers and Partners UK, 2009 

 
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Knights Solicitors is best known for its public law, planning, property, employment and agricultural law work. However, the firm’s expertise extends beyond these areas. Legal disputes and transactions can rarely be pigeon-holed and our clients frequently require expert advice across a number of legal areas, often at short notice. The firm’s size facilitates advice in such multi-disciplinary matters.

Our approach is to assist clients to avoid civil disputes and criminal proceedings, wherever possible. Where civil disputes and criminal proceedings are unavoidable, we are sensitive and flexible as to our clients’ requirements. Some areas of dispute are time-sensitive, requiring a confident, prompt approach through litigation. In other cases, ADR techniques, such as Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation, may be suitable.

Many of our clients’ cases are of interest to the press and we are well used to managing them in order to limit publicity or to avoid points that generate adverse publicity. Our litigation focus has enabled us to establish close working relationships with specialist counsel in all of our practice areas.

We are used to making emergency applications to the High Court for injunctive relief and to dealing with criminal incidents and inquiries occurring outside normal working hours.

Knights provides 24-hour legal advice services for a number of organisations and their members: there is always a member of the firm on call.

Please browse through the practice areas on the left menu so see where we can help you.

 
 
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