Karen Walsh: Farmer won't pay what we agreed for the shed I built

It is strongly advisable to enter into a written contract if you are entering into a contract-rearing agreement, writes solicitor Karen Walsh.

The practicality of recovering a debt to the courts can often prove to be a time-consuming and expensive route.

Dear Karen,

I read your article last week about contract rearing ‘gone wrong’. This is something that I am interested in getting into myself as a young farmer, with limited resources. I want to make sure that I start things off on the right foundations so I would be interested to hear your advice before I do anything.