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Featured news 18 Jul 2024 Boodle Hatfield attains top band status across core categories in Chambers High Net Worth guide 2024

In the newly published Chambers and Partners, High Net Worth (HNW) guide 2024, Boodle Hatfield achieves five 'leading' band one rankings affirming its position as one of London's leading Private Wealth law firms. The firm maintained four of its...

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10 Sep 2024 Will commonhold ever be commonplace?

The King's speech in July of this year included the announcement that the newly elected Labour Government will take steps to bring the "feudal leasehold system" to an end, "reinvigorating" commonhold through a

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09 Sep 2024 What is a civil partnership and how does it differ from marriage?

Civil partnerships were introduced in the UK back in 2005, before marriage was made available for same-sex and LGBTQ+ couples (which happened in England, Wales, and Scotland in 2014, and in Northern Ireland in

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05 Sep 2024 What does the Grenfell inquiry report mean for building safety regulations?

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was created to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on the night of 14 June 2017. Yesterday saw the release of the second and final 1,700-page

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05 Sep 2024 Navigating the Building Safety Act: a guide to compliance and risk management

In Property Reporter, Partner and Head of Construction Sarah Rock, explores what property owners need to know about the Building Safety Act.
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05 Sep 2024 Julie Howard speaks at The Tax Faculty Cross-Border Considerations for Advisors conference

Private Wealth Partner, Julie Howard will be speaking at the 8th Annual Cross-Border Considerations for Advisors conference on 5 September. Julie will present a “Spotlight on the UK: Changes to the Taxation of Non-Domiciled Individuals – Issues for South Africans”, focusing on critical tax changes impacting UK-connected clients. This session will be particularly valuable for South African advisors offering cross-border advice.
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28 Aug 2024 The impact of the UK’s changing non-dom landscape on wealthy Africans

In Professional Wealth Management, Private Wealth Partner, Julie Howard explores the impact of the changing non-dom regime on African individuals & businesses and how greater clarity in needed in the upcoming Budget.
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19 Aug 2024 Managing Constant Threats Family Businesses Face in Kenya

In Business Today, Partner, Kyra Motley and Trainee, Aakash Mohindra consider how to mitigate against the threats of inadequate governance and poor succession planning in family businesses in Africa.
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21 Aug 2024 Reinventing Tradition: A new era of succession planning

In PrimeResi, Partner and Head of Private Wealth, Hayden Bailey explains how prime residential estates are radically evolving amid the great boomer wealth transfer.
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23 Aug 2024 James Woods-Davison speaks at the ThoughtLeaders4 & ContTrA event on ‘Investments & ESG’

Senior Associate, James Woods-Davison is speaking at the 4th annual ThoughtLeaders4 & ConTrA Private Client Summer School: ‘Ultimate Insider’s Guide to All Things Private Client’, taking place at Downing College, Cambridge on 21 – 23 August.
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19 Aug 2024 Is my spouse entitled to my pension on divorce?

The English court has wide powers to deal with assets on divorce. That includes the ability to order one spouse to transfer a proportion of their pension to the other spouse. This power applies to most UK pensions,

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19 Aug 2024 Boodle Hatfield advises The Drayton on its latest private office site in Hanover Square

Boodle Hatfield has advised members club and private office provider, The Drayton, on their latest office site, 15 Hanover Square London W1.
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15 Aug 2024 Unleashing the power of digitalisation in philanthropy

In May, Boodle Hatfield had the privilege of hosting a thought-provoking event with Global Philanthropic, bringing together some of the brightest minds in philanthropy to explore how digitalisation is transforming

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09 Aug 2024 Dividing hedge fund assets on divorce

When the court comes to determine how assets should be divided on divorce, the first stage is to ascertain what the assets are and how much they are worth. Some assets are relatively easy to value: cash, quoted

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08 Aug 2024 Phasing out of BRPs Update: All BRP Holders can now apply for an eVisa

On 6 August 2024, the Home Office announced that everyone holding a BRP can now apply for an eVisa. This is the next stage in the digitisation process of the UK immigration system and signals the mass phasing out of

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05 Aug 2024 The end of the ‘non-dom’ tax regime draws closer

On 30 July 2024, the new Labour Government published a policy paper which provided some clarifications and changes to the proposed reforms on “non-dom” tax regime. Full details and draft legislation are set to follow at the Autumn Budget on 30 October. Our expert team has summarised the key changes announced in the policy paper.
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02 Aug 2024 One minute with… Tax Partner, Andrew Loan

Tax Partner, Andrew Loan speaks to the Tax Journal in a quick fire ’60 seconds with’ interview covering everything from tax cases that have recently caught his eye to what changes he would make, if he could.
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29 Jul 2024 Boodle Hatfield expands Family practice with hire of Partner, William Rollin

Boodle Hatfield, a leading Private Wealth law firm, announces today that Partner, William Rollin has joined its highly regarded Family & Divorce practice. William has an impressive practice covering all areas of matrimonial finance and family law.
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24 Jul 2024 Could a pre-nuptial agreement protect your business?

The case recently reported as AH v BH [2024] EWGC 125 concerned an English pre-nuptial agreement intended to protect the entrepreneur husband’s pre-marital wealth, primarily his business. Family Senior Associate, Katie Male details the result.
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23 Jul 2024 Non-doms in limbo – will there be a mass exodus?

In FT Adviser, Private Wealth Partner, Julie Howard and Trainee, Chelsea Turner consider the proposed changes for non-domiciled individuals living in the UK and how to prepare for the impact of the new regime.
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23 Jul 2024 The King’s Speech: key employment takeaways

In the King's Speech on 17 July 2024, the new labour government set out its agenda for the next few months, as part of which there is much employment related change on the