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Featured news 20 Sep 2024 Boodle Hatfield named ‘International Legal Team of the Year (midsize firm)’ for the third year at the STEP Awards 2024

Boodle Hatfield’s Private Wealth team has been awarded 'International Legal Team of the Year (midsize firm)' for the third year in a row at the annual Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Awards 2024.

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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.
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10 Jul 2020 Will coronavirus mark a shift towards turnover rents?

Traditionally commercial tenants pay an agreed amount to their landlords by way of rent.
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08 Jul 2020 Chancellor’s Summer Statement 2020 – SDLT Update

Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced his plan for the second phase of the UK’s economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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06 Jul 2020 Excluded property trusts

Changes to EPTs will shortly be enacted in Finance Bill 2020.
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06 Jul 2020 Henkes v HMRC [2020] UKFTT 159 (TC) – a recent domicile case

A recent First-tier Tribunal (FTT) examined the extent and time at which a tribunal can make a binding decision.
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06 Jul 2020 TRS updating facility

As previously reported the trust registration service (TRS) is due to change, but there is still no news on how or when.
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06 Jul 2020 GDPR: Trustees & PRs

‘GDPR’ is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which has been in force in the UK for just over two years.
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06 Jul 2020 COVID-19 Tax Update

The big question on many minds is ‘How will the government pay for COVID-19?’
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06 Jul 2020 Court battles over inheritance hit all-time high as claimants seek a bigger share of estates

The number of High Court disputes over inheritance hit an all-time high last year.
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03 Jul 2020 Quick Guide to Debt obligation forbearance for 2020

Have your tenants paid their 2020 Q2 rent? Our expectation is that 95% of tenants paid Q1 rent, 50% paid Q2 rent and less than 70% will pay Q3 rent.
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19 Jun 2020 Dill in the Supreme Court: Greater clarity for owners of listed assets

Last month, an important judgment by the Supreme Court clarified the definition “building” for the purposes of the listed buildings regime.
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26 Jun 2020 Lawyers at Boodle Hatfield share their journey from trainee to partnership

Once you have chosen to pursue a career in law, shortlisting which firms you would like to train with is one of the most critical decisions.
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24 Jun 2020 What’s Next? Changes to the furlough scheme and practical considerations for returning to work

The CJRS (commonly known as the “furlough scheme”) will end on 31 October 2020.
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02 Jun 2020 How can divorcing parties speed up property sales during COVID-19?

It is said that the housing market is driven by divorce, death and destitution.
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01 Jun 2020 We paid a 10% deposit to buy a new-build flat but now we’re worried about house prices and our finances, will we lose the money if we pull out?

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