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Charities successfully defend challenge by insurer against liability for solicitor’s fraud

12 August 2021

You may think that if the solicitor administering an estate of which your charity is a beneficiary steals some…

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Education newsletter - Spring Term 2021 edition

8 January 2021

Welcome to the spring edition 2021 of our newsletter for schools.

If you require advice following the…

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Boundary Disputes – a new scheme

20 November 2020

From Peter Bourke, Senior Partner As part of my extracurricular activity I am the current chairman of the…

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Education newsletter Autumn Term 2020 edition

3 September 2020

Welcome back! For some of you it will have been a short break over the summer before preparations for…

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VIDEO: Property litigation in a COVID-19 world

5 August 2020

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

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VIDEO: Signing and witnessing wills remotely by video link

30 July 2020

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

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Update: Signing wills by video link

29 July 2020

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

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VIDEO: Update on UK residential property market

27 July 2020

Kate Penn, Associate Solicitor in the Residential Property Team and Alistair Lockhart, Commercial…

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Coming Soon: Significant changes to UK planning laws

3 July 2020

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

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Divorce in Scotland, maintenance in England

3 July 2020

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

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Extension of IR35 Postponed

19 March 2020

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

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COVID-19 - Useful links for employers

19 March 2020

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

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Ethical veganism recognised as a philosophical belief

6 January 2020

In the case of Casamitjana v League Against Cruel Sports, the Employment Tribunal has ruled that ethical…

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The end of the Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill

5 November 2019

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

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Two out of five couples divorce via the internet (The Sunday Telegraph 3 November 2019)

3 November 2019

Jacqueline Fitzgerald has recently been featured in The Sunday Telegraph commenting on family court data…

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Plans to increase Probate Fees scrapped

22 October 2019

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

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Taxman clamps down on Inheritance Tax property dodges (The Times 12 October 2019)

12 October 2019

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

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Some thoughts on the intention to abolish section 21 - part 3

27 September 2019

2 clear reasons why the abolishing s.21 is bad There are 2 significant reasons why I believe the proposal to…

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And finally… where’s the new Charities Bill?

4 September 2019

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

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Employment Law e-alert Autumn 2019

30 August 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of our Employment newsletter.

In this edition, the newest member of the team…

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The end of the assured shorthold tenancy?

2 August 2019

Introduction

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

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Court of Protection fees reduction

26 July 2019

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

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Draft Finance Bill 2020 published on 11 July 2019

12 July 2019

These measures have been announced previously, but the key points of interest are: Principal private residence…

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The Office of Tax Simplification has today made recommendations in relation to inheritance tax

5 July 2019

Summary of Recommendations:

Key area 1: Lifetime gifts

Gift exemptions package The government should, as a…

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Levelling the playing field on private estates

7 June 2019

Freehold Properties (Management Charges) Bill 2019 (HC Bill 396) This private members' bill had its first…

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Tenant Fees Act 2019 comes into force

29 May 2019

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

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An update to Section 21 Housing Act 1988

16 May 2019

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

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New Guidance on Lasting Powers of Attorney

29 January 2019

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