Director, Nigel is one of the UK 's leading agricultural law specialists with a career spanning some thirty years.

In recent editions of Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession, peers acknowledge that Nigel has a “unique understanding of the issues facing working farmers” is a “sound technician with a huge personality” and has “enormous experience within the field”. Nigel Davis' depth of specialist knowledge is “legendary”. Clients turn to him on difficult files and “very knotty problems” on account of his “pre-eminent knowledge” of CAP reform, land tribunals, arbitrations and animal welfare issues. Peers and clients alike commend his adept handling of complex matters.

Nigel is a member of the Law Society and is Chairman of the Agricultural Law Association (ALA). He acts as Consultant Editor for agricultural law to the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, was a founder of the AgriLaw Group and has links with the Environmental Law Foundation. He is also closely associated with agricultural and livestock breeders societies. He is a Governor of the Derbyshire Agricultural and Horticultural Society and legal adviser to a number of livestock and agricultural show societies, as well as being a livestock panel judge. He is also an accredited mediator, and a director of MADRA Ltd.

In addition to being a well respected agricultural lawyer, Nigel is involved in the agricultural industry in a number of other ways. He regularly lectures and leads seminars for a number of organisations and is an occasional lecturer in agricultural law at De Montfort University. He is a regular contributor to journals, magazines and Legal Network Television. He co-wrote the Agricultural Precedents Handbook (Jordans 2000) and the CLA booklet on Farm Business Tenancies.

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