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Welcome back!

For some of you it will have been a short break over the summer before preparations for re-opening in...

'Radcliffe talks Real Estate' is a series of short and informative webinars, offering a quick update on issues that...

"The Wills Act 1837 has obviously been good law for some time. It's worth noting it survived the Spanish Flu and two...

The government will shortly put in place legislation for signing wills by video link. This will be backdated to 31...

Kate Penn, Associate Solicitor in the Residential Property Team and Alistair Lockhart, Commercial Director, discuss the...

This week the government announced sweeping changes to UK planning rules which will come into effect in September.

The Supreme Court has just decided that a wife is able to claim maintenance in the English Courts notwithstanding that...

The government has announced that the extension of IR35 to medium and large companies in the private sector is being...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a number of serious and substantial challenges for employers, with the vast...

In the case of Casamitjana v League Against Cruel Sports, the Employment Tribunal has ruled that ethical veganism is a...

The Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill was introduced onto the House of Lords in July 2017. It had some...

Jacqueline Fitzgerald has recently been featured in The Sunday Telegraph commenting on family court data showing that...

Alison Morris (Partner) and Emma Litchfield (Solicitor) comment on recent news that there will be no increase in...

Rupert Wilkinson has been featured in The Times commenting on HMRC's on inheritance tax property dodges.

Rupert said,...

2 clear reasons why the abolishing s.21 is bad

There are 2 significant reasons why I believe the proposal to abolish...

Following the publication of the Law Commission's paper "Technical issues in Charity Law", published in September 2017,...

Welcome to the latest edition of our Employment newsletter.

In this edition, the newest member of the team Margaret...

Introduction

This is the first of a two-part review on the consultation issued by the Government in respect of the...

As of 22 July 2019, the fee for making an application to the Court of Protection has been reduced from £385 to £365. ...

These measures have been announced previously, but the key points of interest are:

Principal private residence relief:...

Summary of Recommendations:

Key area 1: Lifetime gifts

Gift exemptions package

The government should, as a package:...

Freehold Properties (Management Charges) Bill 2019 (HC Bill 396)

This private members' bill had its first reading on 5...

Following on from our recent article on the new Form 6A (which must be used from 1 June 2019) please also be aware that...

Following on from the recent successful residential property seminar on 14 May 2019, Peter Bourke, Mike Ellis and...

The Court of Protection has decided on test cases brought by the Public Guardian to assess the validity of Assisted...