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NFU LEGAL HEALTH CHECK – INITIAL QUESTIONNAIRE

Thrings’ Agriculture team has been giving sector-focused legal advice to those in farming for over three hundred years. Our free Legal Health Check is specially designed for farms and agricultural businesses to help identify areas where legal advice may be needed. Please fill in our questionnaire below and one of our team will review your legal health check.

This section includes questions about your contact information

First name*

Last name*

Date of birth

Marital status

Address

Phone number*

Email*

This section includes questions about your personal situation

Do you have any children and/or dependants? Please provide name, age and role in business (if they work in the business)

Do you have a Will and/or Powers of Attorney (for finances and health)?

No
Yes

Have they been reviewed or updated in the last 5 years?

Yes
No

Do you know where your Will is kept?

Yes
No

Do you have a family succession plan in place?

Yes
No

Do you think any of your children or relatives may have an expectation that they will own the farm one day?

Yes
No

Have you considered pre or post nuptial agreements for yourself or your children?

Yes
No

If you are not married and live with your partner are you aware of their potential legal rights?

Yes
No

Do you require a cohabitation agreement to clarify the position?

Yes
No

This section includes questions about your business

What is the name of your business?

What sort of farming does your business do?

Are you a member of the NFU?

Yes
No

Do you subscribe to the Legal Assistance Scheme?

Yes
No

Do you have appropriate legal protection insurance in place to cover any eventuality with your business?

Yes
No

Do you have a current set of terms and conditions?

Yes
No

Do you think that your current business structure works?

Yes
No

If your farm is part of a partnership, do you have a partnership agreement and is it up to date?

Yes
No

Do you have tax planning in place and is it aligned with your business structures?

Yes
No

Do your supplier and customer contracts reflect the arrangements you have in place; do they protect your business?

Yes
No

Have you got any outstanding business debts owed to you?

Yes
No

If Yes: Do you have appropriate clauses in your terms and conditions to ensure you can recover any reasonable costs of recovering your debts?

Yes
No

This section includes questions about your land

Do you have up to date tenancy/ occupation agreements?

Yes
No

Might any of your land still be unregistered? If so, are you interested in voluntarily registering it which will save you money and protect your land?

Yes
No

Do you know where all your deeds are?

Yes
No

Do others farm your land?

Yes
No

If yes, do you have a written agreement in place?

Yes
No

Have you checked whether your land benefits from Agricultural Property Relief and if so, are you certain which rate applies: 50% or 100%?

Yes
No

Are you expanding or developing your business?

Yes
No

Are you constructing, developing or converting buildings?

Yes
No

Are you considering a renewable energy project?

Yes
No

Do you have any issues with an on-going renewable energy project?

Yes
No

Are you looking to buy-out an existing renewable energy project?

Yes
No

Are there any public rights of way over your land?

Yes
No

If yes, do members of the public adhere to the right of way?

Yes
No

Have you protected your land against the creation of new public rights of way?

Yes
No

Are there any private rights of way over your land?

Yes
No

If yes do your neighbours use the right of way as they should?

Yes
No

Does your property benefit from any private rights of way on neighbouring land?

Yes
No

If yes, have you encountered any problems using your right of way?

Yes
No

Has your farm diversified in any way, such as camping/glamping or sports?

Yes
No

Is your diversification activity covered by your insurance?

Yes
No

If your diversification activity involves members of the public on your land, do you have public liability insurance?

Yes
No

Do you have planning permission for your diversification?

Yes
No

Do you sell alcohol or food?

Yes
No

Has there been any development or change of use on your farm within the last 10 years?

Yes
No

Are you currently considering any development or changes of use on your land? (e.g. utilising your agricultural permitted development rights to support your agricultural use, or changing any agricultural buildings to residential, or getting planning permissions for something new)

Yes
No

This section includes questions about your compliance

Have you considered the changes within the Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to how you liaise with your customers, suppliers and employees

Yes
No

Have you got a privacy policy?

Yes
No

If you trade internationally have you considered the restrictions of sharing personal data outside of the EU?

Yes
No

Are you up to date with your environmental licences?

Yes
No

Do you have any further information or potential disputes you would like to make us aware of?

This section includes questions about your employees

Do you know the employment status of those people who work for you (e.g. employees, workers or self-employed; fulltime or part-time; fixed term, seasonal or permanent)?

Yes
No

Do you have appropriate contracts of employment in place for each different category of worker?

Yes
No

Do you have relevant policies and procedures in place in relation to your staff, of which they are aware and have available to them (e.g. disciplinary and grievance, equal opportunities, antibullying and harassment etc.)?

Yes
No

Have you considered the data protection implications in relation to the personal data you hold on your workers (for example their HR file, CCTV recordings, health data etc.)?

Yes
No

Does your labour force include non-UK nationals?

Yes
No

Can your employees prove they have the right to work in the UK?

Yes
No

Would your non-UK employee HR files pass a Home Office inspection? (crossover with employment on this issue)

Yes
No

This concludes your legal health check questionnaire - please click the SUBMIT button below after reviewing your answers. Thank you for your time.

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