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Our team of experts shine a spotlight on new legal developments, share their views on the impact of current affairs, and offer insights on issues that could impact you and your business.

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06 Jun 2022 Strongest crypto currencies survive their stress test

The meltdown in the crypto currency markets has clarified one thing at least:  the currencies which have survived have proved themselves under a most stressful test, and without government support. Many banks

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01 Jun 2022 Boodle Hatfield’s May NFT Litigation Roundup: An injunction is granted to prevent the sale of a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, and more…

Welcome to our monthly NFT litigation roundup.

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the topic of much debate and interest and the questions, legal issues and disputes around them continue to soar.

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26 May 2022 Marriage renegotiation: the rise of post-nuptial agreements and ‘relationship MOTs’ amongst long-married couples

In The Telegraph, Family Partner, Emily Brand considers ‘relationship MOTs’ and post-nuptial agreements for long-married couples.

 

 

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24 May 2022 The Hidden Costs of Leasing Your First Office: An Entrepreneur’s Guide

Perhaps you have been operating from your spare bedroom or maybe from serviced offices, but now you are ready to make the jump to leasing office premises. What costs should you expect to incur?

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24 May 2022 Recent developments in the UK and Dubai as jurisdictions compete to become hubs for crypto innovation

Competition is hot between jurisdictions competing to be the hub for virtual assets, and the UK is taking steps with this aim in mind.

Last month, the UK Government announced plans to see stablecoins recognised

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17 May 2022 Approvals for office to residential conversions jump by a quarter to 1,180 in the past year

In a recent article in CoStar, Real Estate Partner, Andrew Wilmot-Smith reflects on the increase in number of applications granted to convert offices into residential buildings.

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06 Jun 2022 The Surrogacy Landscape Podcast – Episode Three, The Future.

In Episode Three, we welcome Barrister, Andrew Powell and intended parent, Stuart Armfield to delve into the future of surrogacy.  Together they explore some peculiarities with the laws surrounding surrogacy in the country and consider what intended parents might want to change, what could be adopted from other jurisdictions and what reform might look like in the future.

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17 May 2022 The Surrogacy Landscape Podcast – Episode Two, The Experience

In Episode Two, we talk to a new parent, Stuart Armfield, who has recently navigated surrogacy with his husband. welcoming son Rio into the world last year. We draw on the expertise of Andrew Coutts from the International Fertility Company and Immigration law specialist, Rahul Batra from Hudson McKenzie to collectively look at the considerations for couples and individuals looking to grow a family via surrogacy and where one might start, with a special focus on international surrogacy.

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17 May 2022 The return to the office: Lord Sugar and PwC

A slightly surprising Twitter argument erupted last week between Lord Sugar and PwC, with the former criticising the latter's decision to allow staff to down tools at lunch on Fridays over the summer.

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16 May 2022 Boodle Hatfield celebrates their 300th anniversary with an enlightening discussion around love, sex and marriage

Boodle Hatfield’s renowned family law team held a diverse, thought-provoking panel discussion on what drives our relationships and whether the institution of marriage will continue for another three hundred years, and, if so, in what format.

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16 May 2022 Galleon Insider: Crypto assets during divorce

In a recent industry update from Galleon, our experts reflect on how crypto currency assets are dealt with during divorce.

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13 May 2022 Boodle Hatfield’s April NFT Litigation Roundup: NFTs recognised by the English Courts as “property”, developments in Hermès’ lawsuit, and more…

Welcome to our monthly NFT litigation roundup.

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the topic of much debate and interest and the questions, legal issues and disputes around them continue to soar.

When faced

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13 May 2022 Rethinking Retrofit

This week, the Queen's speech set out the Government’s proposed policy targets for the 2022-2023 parliamentary session. At a time when the threat of growing energy prices has been dominating headlines, some in the

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13 May 2022 Employers offer salaries in crypto and gold

The CEO of financial services firm TallyMoney, Cameron Parry, has announced that the company will be offering employees salary payments in gold, with other companies offering cryptocurrency as an alternative to

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13 May 2022 Lifecycle of a digital asset: Where is the value in all this?

In this final part of our series looking at the lifecycle of a digital asset, Hugo Brown reflects on where the real value lies in the Blockchain and ‘crypto’.

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13 May 2022 Lifecycle of a digital asset: What else can be tokenised?

Hugo Brown considers the lifecycle of a digital asset and explore what else can be tokenised.

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13 May 2022 Lifecycle of a digital asset: Getting started with NFTs

Remarkably, around one fifth of the UK population now own at least some form of ‘crypto’, be that an NFT or cryptocurrency.  In this series of insights, Hugo Brown touches briefly on the steps involved in creating and transferring NFTs before exploring in more depth some potential use cases for Blockchain technology.

 

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15 May 2022 Fresh Perspectives Contentious Trusts Conference 2022

Partner and Head of Private Wealth, Andrea Zavos is co-hosting the fourth Fresh Perspectives Contentious Trusts Conference on May 15 – 16. Senior Associate, James Woods-Davison, will be joining Andrea in Barcelona for the conference.

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11 May 2022 Is Central London office take-up taking off?

Property Week has highlighted some encouraging data from Cushman & Wakefield this week on Central London office take-up, focussing on the reported 69% hike in take-up for Q1 2022 as against Q1 2021.

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11 May 2022 PCD CLUB: An introduction to NFTs for investors

Interested in the latest trends in the emerging field of NFTs? Watch Associate, Fred Clark and the PCD Club on YouTube for a discussion looking at non-fungible tokens, the provenance, valuation, estate planning, the future and much more.