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News | 20th November 2015

Woking Partner raises money for Movember

Despite never having any desire to grow facial hair, Hart Brown’s Head of Residential Conveyancing and Partner, David Knapp, is taking part in the "hairiest...

David Knapp

Partner, Residential Property
Awards, News | 16th November 2015

HART BROWN IS A LEGAL 500 RECOMMENDED LAW FIRM

Hart Brown is pleased to be recommended in The Legal 500 for 2015. The Legal 500 Series, now in its 28th year, is widely acknowledged...

Nigel Maud

Partner, Commercial & Corporate, COLP
Awards | 13th November 2015

Hart Brown win Excellence Award

We are delighted to announce that Hart Brown has won the LawNet Mark of Excellence Award. The Mark of Excellence award was awarded to Hart...

Nigel Maud

Partner, Commercial & Corporate, COLP
Wills, Trusts & Estates | 4th November 2015

The importance of writing a will

While many people will know the importance of having a will in place, there are still an alarming number of people nationwide who do not...

Paul Tobias

Consultant, Trusts & Estates
Family | 4th November 2015

Family matters: Dealing with a breakdown

Family breakdowns can be the result of long periods of heartbreak, sadness and unhappiness, but it's important to remember that the difficult decision to break...

James Ward

Family | 14th October 2015

Fraud unravels all

Family lawyers will today be breathing a sigh of relief for their clients that the highest court in the land has today ruled that there...

Julian Waldon

Associate, Family
Commercial Property | 28th September 2015

Council pays the price for incorrect local search result

In the recent case of Chesterton Commercial (Oxon) Ltd v Oxfordshire County Council, the High Court held that a local authority (LA) was liable to...

Anne Bridger

Senior Solicitor, Commercial Property
Residential Property | 25th September 2015

Builders and Developers – VAT Zero Rating of Residential Property...

A developer thought that he had constructed a new dwelling and that the sale of it was a zero rated supply so that the input...

Roderick Campbell

Partner, Head of Commercial Property

Residential Landlords’ Update

Residential landlords get some good news and bad news this month.  The good news is that the deadline for registering multi-let properties that have a...

Roderick Campbell

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 25th September 2015

Retail Beware: A new proposal for shopping on Sunday

At the moment, shops and retail in England and Wales over 280 sq m can only open between the hours of 10.00am and 6.00pm, for a...

Gaenor Thomas

Associate, Commercial Property