Mrs Helen Mellors > Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP > York, England > Lawyer Profile

Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP
FOSS ISLANDS HOUSE
FOSS ISLANDS ROAD
YORK
Y031 7UJ
England

Work Department

Property

Position

Partner

Career

Helen has over 25 years experience in dealing with commercial property. She has advised individuals, companies (including finance companies) and charities on their commercial property and development needs. Helen has advised on conditional contracts, options and overage agreements and has acted in a number of high profile developments in York and North Yorkshire.

Helen is experienced in advising landed estates in relation to sales (mostly of part) and purchases of farmland and property; farm business tenancies and grazing agreements; commercial leases of industrial units in rural settings and other agreements and letting arrangements often linked to diversification. She is used to dealing with deeds covering large areas and has acted in sales of part sometimes from very old titles, different trust structures and sometimes settled land. She has also been involved with registration at the Land Registry of whole estates with the challenge of identity of various parcels of land.

Helen has particular interest in advising landowners (including landed estates) and farmers in relation to sales and purchases of agricultural land and farms, farm business tenancies and grazing agreements as well as advising on farm workers and their tenancies.

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire > Private client > Agriculture and estates

(Hall of Fame)

Helen MellorsAndrew Jackson Solicitors LLP

The team at Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP is ‘excellent, diligent, hardworking, knowledgeable, personable and honest’, with an aptitude in acting for landowners, tenant farmers, and agribusinesses. The group is active on both contentious and non-contentious mandates, and has strength in acting on renewable energy projects. Helen Mellors leads the team, and advises on a plethora of matters, including the sale and purchase of farmland, and lease agreements. Samuel Peake has strength in acting for banking clients in the agricultural sector. Jessica Richardson joined the group from Knights plc in January 2025.