Legal advice: How do I prevent my partner having rights over my farm?

To be qualified as cohabitants, the parties must be living together for a least five years if they have no children, writes rural solicitor Stephen Coppinger.

To be qualified as cohabitants, the parties must be living together for a least five years if they have no children, writes rural solicitor Stephen Coppinger.

Dear Stephen,

I am a farmer and have been living with my partner for almost seven years in my house, which is next to my farm.