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Featured news 25 Mar 2025 The Modern Landed Estate Podcast – How can an estate go about developing 100 houses?

We have been advising the owners of rural and urban estates throughout our long history and are attuned to the multiple challenges owners face to run the estate effectively, from economic instability, the impact of changing regulations to the...

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24 Aug 2020 Amount of time taken for “paper-based” divorce jumps to over 15 months

A paper-based divorce application took 66.5 weeks on average to complete* in the first quarter of 2020.
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24 Aug 2020 Art exports have fallen 74% as lockdown closed galleries and auction houses

The value of art, antiques and collectibles exported from the UK fell has fallen 74%
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18 Aug 2020 The Boodle Hatfield Podcast – Economic Abuse: regaining financial independence

Many women experience economic abuse within the context of intimate partner violence.
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17 Aug 2020 Economic Abuse: regaining financial independence

Common signs of economic abuse. If a current or former partner has interfered with your money or other economic resources.
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17 Aug 2020 Cash advances could give contractors a much-needed lifeline

Developers and other construction project sponsors are demanding increased oversight over how contractors are passing money down.
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12 Aug 2020 Quick Guide to: Insolvency law shake up to save businesses

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act), which came into force on 26 June 2020, has been described as…
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11 Aug 2020 A new planning use class

Regulations published in July 2020 include provisions that will give greater flexibility to property owners and occupiers to change the use of a property.
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07 Aug 2020 Septic tanks: new general binding rules

The new rules on septic tanks have been little publicised, but could impact on the sale price of rural property, suggests Alice Jenkins.
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06 Aug 2020 Boodle Hatfield advises on one of the first loans from Government’s Coronavirus Future Fund

Boodle Hatfield, the leading private wealth law firm, has advised on one of the first successful applications.
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03 Aug 2020 How can commercial landlords adapt their properties to meet the demand for cycling facilities, such as bicycle storage?

With those returning to their offices post lockdown keen to avoid public transport…
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03 Aug 2020 Dill in the Supreme Court: What happens when a listed building is not a building?

Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a landowner who sold two 18th century urns…
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03 Aug 2020 Quick guide to Looming end of LIBOR

With the Bank of England’s announcement that it will publish the SONIA compounded index from 3 August 2020, for borrowers, lenders and market participants it is time to act…
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26 Jul 2020 Families moving in together in lockdown risk triggering inheritance tax bills

Elderly people who have moved back into a property during lockdown that they have previously gifted to family members…
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27 Jul 2020 Making a Will during the Covid-19 pandemic

Advances in technology have been invaluable during the lockdown brought about by coronavirus but, until recently, making a Will could not be done digitally.
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23 Jul 2020 Law Commission proposals to transform the future of home ownership

The Law Commission has published three reports setting out significant recommendations.
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17 Jul 2020 Government needs to reintroduce indexation relief if it raises CGT rates

Plans to review Capital Gains Tax (CGT) have raised speculation that headline rates may be increased later this year.
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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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10 Jul 2020 Are you flexi furlough ready? 10 issues for employers to consider

It is estimated that the furlough scheme is currently subsidising the wages of approximately 9 million employees.
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10 Jul 2020 The Office Post-COVID: Death or Evolution?

The death of the office has been announced many times. Its funeral rites are being read again.
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10 Jul 2020 Government incentives needed now for senior living investment

The Government needs to act now to include senior living development in the National Infrastructure Strategy.