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Boodle Hatfield has once again been recognised for its exceptional expertise in the Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) Guide 2025, securing rankings across eight categories in the Guide’s tenth edition, published in July 2025. The firm achieved six...
A revolution is happening and it could make previously unviable locations suddenly very attractive to manufacturers.
For some time, real estate practitioners have been aware of the Government’s plans to reform leasehold enfranchisement legislation.
Our art law team was delighted to advise the Herman-De-Stern Foundation, along with the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, on the recently announced, ground-breaking arrangement brokered by Sotheby’s with The Al-Thani Collection Foundation.
It is difficult to forget images of Grenfell Tower burning. Nearly four years later and the "Grenfell Forever In Our Hearts" sign on the building still looms over North Kensington as a stark reminder of the flammable
So, following the latest government announcement that the moratorium on commercial property evictions is to be extended until at least the end of June, I find myself writing a similar post to those that I wrote in
The Domestic Abuse Bill 2021 has been strengthened this week to recognise post-separation abuse as a criminal offence. The amendment to the Bill is a welcome addition after months of campaigning by survivors of
Today’s Budget confirmed that the Inheritance Tax (IHT) threshold will not be changed until 2026 at the earliest – meaning that it will have been kept at the same rate for 17 years.
In the Budget this week, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak provided further details about the UK Infrastructure Bank tasked with bringing "world-class infrastructure" to the UK.
The bank will have £12bn of
The UK listing rules are currently in the spotlight, with the Government keen to make London a more attractive place for listings.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up today to present what he must be hoping was his “end of” or “almost end of” pandemic budget. It is clear that the state of public finances is not at all where Rishi Sunak would wish it to be – at least in normal times.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up yesterday to present what he must be hoping was his "end of" or "almost end of" pandemic budget and it is clear that the state of public finances is not at all where Rishi
The UK industrial/warehouse market has been enjoying a sustained period of growth and a number of recent market surveys, including this one carried out by Allsop's, predict that this trend shows no sign of slowing
In his latest blog, Ian Fletcher of the British Property Federation (BPF) sets out an
Leading private wealth law firm Boodle Hatfield, has promoted Edward Allan to Partner in its top-ranked Residential Property Team.
We are now in March and still no closer to understanding the detail behind the Government's intended form of the law relating to leasehold properties.
The latest announcement, published on 7 January, raises
A ruling in a Beijing divorce court has led to an eruption on social media. Apparently under a new law, the judge has ordered a husband to compensate his wife for the housework she carried out during their five-year
There are two main forms of property ownership in England. These are freehold and leasehold…
Tenants of long leases of flats (granted for a term of over 21 years) have the right to acquire the freehold of the building, and any intermediate leasehold interests (on a collective basis).
For some time, those advising clients on leasehold property, and specifically in relation to potential enfranchisement claims have had to temper their advice due to the fact that the law is likely to be the subject of change.
It's been a long time coming for those engaged couples who have had to postpone their big day. Some may have had to re-arrange more than once given that few of us anticipated the impact of Covid-19 on our lives when
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