Agricultural Disputes Solicitor – NQ to 4PQE – Up to £82,000 – Bristol – Legal 500 Firm

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a junior Agricultural Disputes Solicitor to join the Bristol office of a highly regarded national firm with one of the more established and respected Agriculture & Estates offerings within the UK legal market.

The role would suit a Solicitor or recently qualified lawyer seeking exposure to complex and genuinely specialist agricultural disputes work within a nationally recognised team.

The Opportunity:

The successful candidate will undertake a broad range of contentious agricultural and rural matters, including:

• Farming partnership and succession disputes
• Proprietary estoppel claims
• Agricultural landlord and tenant disputes (including AHA and ATA matters)
• Rights of way and boundary disputes
• Restrictive covenant issues
• Contractual disputes
• Public law / judicial review challenges arising within the rural sector

The work is varied and often highly sensitive, frequently involving family-owned businesses, landed estates and long-standing farming arrangements where commercial, personal and generational considerations intersect.

Benefits:

• Exposure to high-quality specialist work from an early stage
• £58,000 to £82,000
• Strong supervision and mentoring within a recognised rural team
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Clear long-term progression structures
• Access to a wider national network of agricultural specialists across property, tax, private client and commercial disciplines

The Firm:

The firm occupies a distinctive position within the national legal market: ambitious and fast-growing, yet retaining a noticeably collaborative and collegiate internal culture.

Its Agriculture & Estates practice is consistently recognised within Chambers and Legal 500 and is regarded as one of the stronger specialist rural offerings outside London. The breadth of sector expertise internally is particularly notable, spanning agricultural disputes, landed estates, strategic land, renewables, natural capital, private wealth and rural property work.

Ideal Pre-Requisites:

The firm would likely be interested in speaking with:

• NQ–3 PQE Solicitors
• Individuals with litigation or property disputes experience and a demonstrable interest in agriculture and rural matters
• Candidates with strong drafting and analytical capability,

Prior agricultural disputes experience would naturally be advantageous, though strong junior litigators with a genuine interest in the sector are also likely to be considered.

If interested, and to find out more, call Jack Cooper at QED Legal on 07943 698747.