Polly Ridgway

Polly Ridgway

Legal Director
Bristol The Paragon Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX

Legal Director

Polly is a Legal Director in the agricultural dispute resolution team and is regularly ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories.

Polly’s expertise focuses on rural land disputes including agricultural tenancies, farming partnership disputes, land ownership, easements, covenants, proprietary estoppel, adverse possession and nuisance disputes. She also acted for the successful respondent in the landmark decision in Guest v Guest in the Supreme Court which is the leading case on remedial relief in proprietary estoppel disputes.

  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture disputes
  • Proprietary Estoppel disputes
  • Land disputes
  • Rights of way

  • Acting on a number of high value proprietary estoppel claims including for the respondent in the Supreme Court case of Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27
  • Acting on adverse possession claims before the Lands Tribunal
  • Advising on a large number of land disputes including rights of way and easements, boundary disputes and water disputes
  • Advising either Landlord or Tenant in relation to farming tenancy dispute
  • Advising on nuisance disputes including trespass