Solicitor, Verity Gawthorp from our Rural Law Practice office, was delighted to learn recently that she had passed her Agricultural Law Association exams, to become a Fellow of the ALA.
The Agricultural Law Associations Fellowship is a course which provides in-depth training in various aspects of law and practice which rural professionals may come across as part of their daily caseload. It is a detailed and intensive course run over two separate weeks, followed by an exam.
Verity deals with a wide range of rural property transactions and on hearing that she has passed her exams, said:
“I am so pleased and proud to have been awarded the Fellowship of the ALA. The course was intensive and difficult in places, especially having to revise and sit an exam after not having done so for about 20 years! However, the course itself was really interesting and it definitely broadened my knowledge of all things rural and gave me the chance to meet other rural professionals from all over the country. I would like to say a big thank you to Mike Holland (of the ALA), tutor Nerys Llewelyn Jones and all the other professionals who gave their time to provide training for the course”.
Verity is now one of only a handful ALA Fellows in the North West. John Cooke one of our Directors, and part of the Rural Law team, praised Verity’s achievements saying “I am so proud and pleased that Verity committed to studying to become an ALA Fellow. Her enhanced knowledge will undoubtedly benefit the whole team at RLP.
“We always look to try and see the bigger picture when advising our farming and rural clients, because what might on the face of it seem to be a simple land transaction can often have other implications. With the changes brought in by the Agriculture Act 2020 and the move away from the Basic Payment Scheme to different funding streams for farmers, this area of law is always changing and Verity will be very much part of us helping our clients to plan for the future”.
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