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Ben Sharples

Ben is a partner in Michelmores renowned Agriculture team. He specialises in resolving disputes arising from the use and ownership of rural land and has a wide-ranging expertise across the entire sector. He is dual qualified as also a Chartered Surveyor and Valuer and provides clients with pragmatic legal advice avoiding disputes wherever possible. He regularly acts as a legal assessor to arbitrators and am a member of both the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) Arbitrators and Mediators Panel. Ben also heads up the Michelmores Natural Capital team advising clients on issues relating to carbon sequestration, payments for environmental services and sustainability. This mix of contentious expertise and environmental experience is of particular relevance in this new and rapidly developing market where agreements need to be flexible enough to embrace as yet unknown future opportunities, and sufficiently clear so as to avoid disputes. Expertise Agriculture Environment Natural Capital Sustainable Economy Ben Sharples FRICS FAAV FCIArb - Partner - Agriculture | Michelmores · Michelmores LLP

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Partner in Michelmores' Agriculture team, dual qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and Valuer, who specialises in resolving disputes over the use and ownership of rural land and provides pragmatic legal advice to avoid disputes where possible. He also heads Michelmores' Natural Capital team advising on carbon sequestration, payments for environmental services and sustainability, and regularly acts as a legal assessor to arbitrators; he is a member of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) Arbitrators and Mediators Panel.

Practice areas

AgricultureEnvironmentNatural CapitalSustainable EconomyReal EstateProperty LitigationPrivate Client

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England

Michelmores LLP · Ben is a partner in Michelmores renowned Agriculture team. He specialises in resolving disputes arising from the use and ownership of rural land and has a wide-ranging expertise across the entire sector. He is dual qualified as also a Chartered Surveyor and Valuer and provides clients with pragmatic legal advice avoiding disputes wherever possible. He regularly acts as a legal assessor to arbitrators and am a member of both the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) Arbitrators and Mediators Panel. Ben also heads up the Michelmores Natural Capital team advising clients on issues relating to carbon sequestration, payments for environmental services and sustainability. This mix of contentious expertise and environmental experience is of particular relevance in this new and rapidly developing market where agreements need to be flexible enough to embrace as yet unknown future opportunities, and sufficiently clear so as to avoid disputes. Expertise Agriculture Environment Natural Capital Sustainable Economy Ben Sharples FRICS FAAV FCIArb - Partner - Agriculture | Michelmores

England

Expertise

AgricultureRural land disputesNatural CapitalCarbon sequestrationPayments for environmental servicesSustainabilityValuation

Admissions

  • FRICS
  • FAAV
  • FCIArb
  • Chartered Surveyor
  • Valuer
  • Member, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) Arbitrators and Mediators Panel