Areas of Practice
Awards & Rankings
Legal 500, Next Gen Partner, 2024 & 2025
Chambers HNW, Ranked Individual, 2022 – 2024
Chambers HNW, Up and Coming, 2021
Chambers HNW Awards, Residential Property Team of the Year – Shortlisted, 2020
Chambers HNW, Associate to Watch, 2020
Eprivateclient, Top 35 Under 35, 2019
Education & Qualification
University of Warwick
Qualified as a solicitor in 2013 and trained with Boodle Hatfield
Recommended by Edward
Leading private wealth law firm Boodle Hatfield, has promoted Edward Allan to Partner in its top-ranked Residential Property Team.
Read more 9 min read 10 Jul 2025 The Renters’ Rights Bill: Key implications for residential landlords and tenantsThe Renters’ Rights Bill 2024, which is likely to gain Royal Assent by September 2025 for implementation by early 2026, will have a significant impact on the current assured shorthold tenancy regime for both landlords and tenants. There will be a transitional period to allow landlords and tenants to familiarise themselves with the new legal framework, however once in effect, the changes will apply retrospectively, governing both existing assured shorthold tenancies and new tenancies.
Read more 5 min read 26 Jun 2025 Why the UK remains a strategic destination for Middle Eastern investmentThe UK continues to be a key destination for Middle Eastern investors, drawn by its legal certainty, stable economy, and strong education system. In London Arabia Magazine, Partners, Shaima Jillood and Reem Al-Jumaily explore how Middle Eastern investors are moving beyond real estate into technology, hospitality, and F&B – shaping multigenerational legacies.
Read more 4 min read 25 Jun 2025 The Building Safety Levy: Is the government kicking the can down the road (again)?Delaying the Building Safety Levy by 18 months may offer temporary relief, but it does little to ease the wider pressures already burdening the housing sector. In Construction News, Construction Partner, Sarah Rock, highlights the significant cost and administrative challenges developers are facing – warning that the levy “provides yet another financial and administrative hurdle” and questioning how many will be willing to take on residential schemes in future.
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