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Boodle Hatfield has been named as a finalist in two categories in the STEP Private Client Awards 2025: 'Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year (Midsize Firm)' and 'Family Business Advisory Practice of the Year'.
The STEP Awards are...
In news this week, Westminster City Council have been encouraged by property leaders to adopt 'climate first planning policies that give greater weight to reducing whole life carbon, while maintaining commercial
Since the start of the pandemic much has been written about the accelerating decline of bricks and mortar retail. The question as to what to do with all this redundant retail space has, more often than not, been
Legal assistant, Hayley Harvey, discusses the Tenant Fees Act 2019.
In 2019, the European General Affairs Council adopted a new EU Regulation.
Commonly forgotten financial loose ends can create big problems for future relationships.
The total value of donations has risen steadily over the past decade.
The second report of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS)’s review of inheritance tax (IHT) was finally published last week.
At present, the only ground for divorce is that the marriage has irretrievably broken down.
In January 2018 the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, asked the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to conduct a review of Inheritance Tax (IHT).
On 15 April, a huge fire lasting for about 15 hours broke out in the medieval Notre Dame Cathedral.
Hot on the heels of the Government proposals for leasehold reform, the Government has published a Consultation…
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has proposed that the maximum fee a landlord can charge.
A divorce can force businesses to break up, with painful consequences not just for the parties directly involved.
Lawyers can sometimes forget that terms they have become familiar with can sound like another language to their clients.
Today it is easier than ever for artwork to be reproduced, copied and used without an artist’s permission.
A recent case, Scarle v Scarle [2019] EWHC 2224 (Ch), had to address the operation of the rarely used ‘commorientes’ rule.
Recent reports indicate that the controversial proposals to substantially increase probate fees by introducing a sliding scale…
The First Tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) recently came to an interesting decision on two difficult questions.
In what is apparently the first case on this subject, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has held that ‘grounds’ of a residential property has…
In London, you are never likely to be more than 6 feet from telecoms equipment.
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