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Featured news 03 Apr 2024 Boodle Hatfield announces bumper round of promotions

We are delighted to announce a significant round of promotions with three new partners and four new senior associates. All promotions come into effect from 1 April 2024.

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22 Mar 2024 Mark Lindley speaks at the ConTrA and Informa Connect Trusts in Litigation 2024 Conference

Private Wealth Disputes Partner, Mark Lindley joins an expert panel for the ConTrA and Informa Connect conference in Budapest. His session will cover ‘How to win the unwinnable’, reflecting on what the process of litigation is about, what can go wrong, and how to run difficult litigation to achieve the best results for clients.

19 Jan 2024 Mark Lindley speaks at the STEP Cayman conference

Tomorrow, Mark Lindley will join an expert panel for the STEP Cayman conference at the Ritz-Carlton hotel to discuss how to resolve issues caused by problematic trusts and structural vulnerabilities with the assistance of the court.

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14 Dec 2023 When a child is born

In Trust Quarterly Review, Partner, Mark Lindley examines the difficulties that emerge when the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children remains relevant, and how it can still cause significant trouble for trustees, executors and their advisors.

31 Mar 2022 Trusts in Litigation Conference 2022

Private Wealth Partner, Mark Lindley is attending and speaking at the Trusts in Litigation Conference 2022.

14 Mar 2022 Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum 2022

Private Wealth Partner, Mark Lindley is attending and speaking at the Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum.

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06 Dec 2021 The tricky politics of inheritance – who should you leave your money to?

In a recent article in The Telegraph, Private Wealth Partner, Mark Lindley provides some commentary on how leaving very little paperwork upon death, can open up a whole quagmire of unknowns.

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04 Oct 2021 Where there’s a will and a couple of marriages, things get complicated

Private Wealth Dispute Partner, Mark Lindley comments on the importance of legal guidance in The Sunday Times as ‘blended families’ are on the rise, so are inheritance rows and while the stereotype may be archaic, valid complications remain.

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18 Dec 2020 What can be done where trustees or personal representatives have made a mistake?

In a recent STEP article Private Wealth Partner, Mark Lindley outlines what can be done when a trustee or personal representative makes a mistake and the possible legal remedies.

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23 Sep 2020 Remote witnessing of Wills—pros and cons from a disputes’ perspective

Private Client analysis: Mark Lindley, partner at Boodle Hatfield, discusses the new rules in the Wills Act 1837

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17 Jul 2020 Inheritance disputes rise as families go to war over estates

Number of contested wills at an all-time high as rising house prices and complex family structures drive competing claims.

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