Sue Russell

Partner

Sales & Purchases Principal Contact

01722 427 518

“having worked with Sue Pritchett, Sue Russell and Peter Bourke throughout my association with Wilsons they have always managed to find solutions and have been diligent in ensuring documentation and negotiations have progressed flawlessly and rapidly. They have been able to clearly explain clauses and legal jargon in layman's terms”

Legal 500, 2024

Sue is a Partner in our Property team. 

Sue trained and qualified with Blake Morgan, before lecturing in commercial law at Bielefield University, Germany in 1990-91, and later working as a solicitor attached to the Army Legal Corps. She joined Wilsons in 1996 and became a partner in 2002.

Sue's focus is predominantly in relation to estates, farms and rural land. She advises individuals, trustees and institutional landowners on matters relating to the management of their rural property holdings, including sales, purchases,  landlord and tenant issues, agricultural tenancies and sporting rights. She also assists with planning and development work including the preparation of Promotion Agreements, Options and Overage deeds in order to bring land forward for development.

Sue also has extensive experience in renewable energy projects including solar farms, battery storage and payments for environmental services/ sustainability with the aim of maximising rent and royalties for the landowner.

She is solicitor to the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance and advises on the legal aspects of the Salisbury Diocese’s property portfolios.

Recent Work

  • Advising in connection with the sale of a Dorset Farm comprising a portfolio of residential cottages and over 1000 acres of agricultural land
  • Acting for landowners providing land to be used for environmental mitigation schemes for off-site developments
  • Option and lease for a 70-acre solar and battery storage farm in Dorset
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