PT-2018-000874 - [2025] EWHC 2796 (Ch)

Fecha: 29-Oct-2025

The Farm and the land comprised in it

The Farm and the land comprised in it

All of the various strands to the dispute touch upon the ownership of farm land in the north of England (the Farm). Adam’s legal team helpfully prepared a table summarising the various parcels of land which I have adapted as follows:

Description	Referred to in judgment as	Current valuation	Further information
Moat Hall Farm (including land at Pear Tree Farm and Beech Farm Marthall)	Moat Hall Farm	AVVP: £3,139,460 MVVP: £3,589,460 MVET: £2,153,676 AVET: £1,883,676	166.25 acres. Currently owned by Richard’s estate. Richard lived here. Bed and breakfast (B&B) conducted in other buildings here. Tenancies over fields at Moat Hall Farm and Beech Farm Marthall are the subject of the Sham Tenancies Claim.
Hole Farm, Wilmslow	Hole Farm	AVVP: £1,000,000 MVVP: £1,950,000	61.54 acres. Currently owned by Richard’s estate.
Beech Farm Wilmslow	Beech Farm, Wilmslow	AVVP: £1,074,240 MVVP: £1,074,240	59.68 acres. Currently owned by Richard’s estate. Richard originally purchased in Valerie’s name. 49 Hough Lane (see below) was carved out of this title.
49 Hough Lane	49 Hough Lane	MVVP: £600,000	2.12 acres. Currently owned by Adam. A source of friction between Richard and Richard Harry (see paragraph ‎141). Richard arranged for Jennifer and her children to live here between 2002 and 2016.
Giantswood Farm (aka Manor Farm and Claphatch Farm)	Giantswood	AVVP: £1,253,400 MVVP: up to £3,683,200 (see paragraph ‎13 below).	Richard transferred to Adam in 2002. Currently 53.67 acres, after Adam sold 35 acres to Castle Green Homes in 2021 for £8,750,000.
Land on A34 near Congleton	Verlux Land	AVVP: £77,500 MVVP: £77,500	5.17 acres. Purchased into an offshore company as part of Richard’s and Adam’s dishonest, but never implemented, plan to deal with tipped waste at Giantswood (see paragraphs ‎159 to ‎161). Adam acquired title by adverse possession by concealing material facts (see paragraph ‎175). He has transferred some land to the Council for no consideration pursuant to a compulsory purchase order and Rostons’ valuation is of the part remaining.
Marthall Mill	Marthall Mill	MVVP: £2,290,000	3.13 acres. Adam’s residence which he obtained from Richard in 1986 effectively at no cost as part of Richard’s fulfilment of his promise to set Adam up in farming (see paragraph ‎106.i))
Land at Hulme Walfield, Smithy Lane	12 acres at Congleton	AVVP: £208,250 MVVP: £208,250	12.25 acres. Currently owned by Richard’s estate.
Stocking Moss Field	Stocking Moss Field	AVVP: £128,550 MVVP: £128,550	8.57 acres. Freehold currently owned by Estate
Land at Fallows Hall	Fallows Hall Farm	AVVP: £61,250 MVVP: £61,250	2.45 acres. Currently owned by Richard’s estate.
Strip of land at Thrushes Mead	4.5m Strip	AVVP: £10,000	Currently owned by Richard’s estate. Strip of land within Beech Farm, Wilmslow. Provides access to 49 Hough Lane.