A solicitor's tips for a smooth land sale

A common cause of delay in such transactions is when life insurance and fire insurance have not been put in place in time, warns rural solicitor Karen Walsh

Buying agricultural land is probably the most expensive purchase a farmer will ever make.

Dear Karen, 

There is land near me coming up for sale, I think in the next few months. The owner died, and he had four children, none of which have any interest in farming, and it is rumoured it is going to come up for sale in the next few months.