Joy Plummer

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Partner

Agricultural & Commercial Real Estate

+44 (0) 7551 008278

Expertise

Joy is an experienced agricultural/rural and commercial property lawyer specialising, inter alia, in freehold and leasehold property transactions – agricultural/rural, commercial and mixed-use acquisitions and disposals; unregistered land registrations; adverse possession; boundary rectification; farm business tenancies; AHA ’86 succession; estate and succession planning; commercial leases; assignments;  residential leasehold extensions; easements,  exclusivity and option agreements; development sites; portfolio acquisitions; bridging loans and legal charges.

After her first two years as an NQE, Joy took a break from law to raise her two children during which time she reverted back to her full-time role as a secondary school teacher, returning to law seven years later, acquiring a further seventeen years’ experience in agricultural and commercial property matters, and has been a Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association for the last ten years.

 

Joy Advises

  • High Net Worth individuals
  • Farmers, landed country estates and rural landowners
  • Developers
  • Commercial landlords & tenants
  • Sports Clubs
  • Agricultural landlords & tenants
  • Companies and Partnerships

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Hegarty LLP Solicitors (Peterborough), Solicitor (2014 -2017), Partner (2017 – 2024), Head of Commercial Property Department, (2018 -2024) SRO (CQS) (2018-2023), MLCO (2019-2023)
  • Buckles Solicitors LLP (Peterborough), Solicitor – commercial, agricultural & residential property (2007 – 2014)
  • Eversheds LLP (Norwich): Solicitor – Agricultural (1996 – 1998)
  • Roythornes Solicitors (Spalding): Trainee Solicitor (1994 – 1996)

Memberships

  •  Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association (previously CLA, NFU, East of England Agricultural Association)

Education

  • De Montfort University (Leicester), CPE (part time) (1991 – 1993), LPC (full time) (1993 – 1994)
  • University of Perugia (Italy), Italian Diploma (1992)
  • University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Masters – Shakespearean & Jacobean Drama (1989 – 1990)
  • 1985: TEFLA Certificate (British School, Hastings, UK)
  • 1987: TEFLA Diploma (British School, Thessaloniki, Greece)
  • Trinity & All Saints College (Leeds), English Literature B.Ed. II.i (1981 – 1985)

Expertise

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Joy is an experienced agricultural/rural and commercial property lawyer specialising, inter alia, in freehold and leasehold property transactions – agricultural/rural, commercial and mixed-use acquisitions and disposals; unregistered land registrations; adverse possession; boundary rectification; farm business tenancies; AHA ’86 succession; estate and succession planning; commercial leases; assignments;  residential leasehold extensions; easements,  exclusivity and option agreements; development sites; portfolio acquisitions; bridging loans and legal charges.

After her first two years as an NQE, Joy took a break from law to raise her two children during which time she reverted back to her full-time role as a secondary school teacher, returning to law seven years later, acquiring a further seventeen years’ experience in agricultural and commercial property matters, and has been a Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association for the last ten years.

 

Joy Advises

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  • High Net Worth individuals
  • Farmers, landed country estates and rural landowners
  • Developers
  • Commercial landlords & tenants
  • Sports Clubs
  • Agricultural landlords & tenants
  • Companies and Partnerships

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Hegarty LLP Solicitors (Peterborough), Solicitor (2014 -2017), Partner (2017 – 2024), Head of Commercial Property Department, (2018 -2024) SRO (CQS) (2018-2023), MLCO (2019-2023)
  • Buckles Solicitors LLP (Peterborough), Solicitor – commercial, agricultural & residential property (2007 – 2014)
  • Eversheds LLP (Norwich): Solicitor – Agricultural (1996 – 1998)
  • Roythornes Solicitors (Spalding): Trainee Solicitor (1994 – 1996)

Memberships

  •  Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association (previously CLA, NFU, East of England Agricultural Association)

Education

  • De Montfort University (Leicester), CPE (part time) (1991 – 1993), LPC (full time) (1993 – 1994)
  • University of Perugia (Italy), Italian Diploma (1992)
  • University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Masters – Shakespearean & Jacobean Drama (1989 – 1990)
  • 1985: TEFLA Certificate (British School, Hastings, UK)
  • 1987: TEFLA Diploma (British School, Thessaloniki, Greece)
  • Trinity & All Saints College (Leeds), English Literature B.Ed. II.i (1981 – 1985)
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