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    Landed Estates and Heritage Property Legal Services

The owners of landed estates and heritage property, and the land and property itself, come in many different shapes and sizes.

These include traditional multi-generational families right through to overseas investors, who own a range of assets, such as country houses, farms, forests, vineyards, equine businesses, stately homes and urban estates.

However, they each face age-old challenges relating to succession, death and divorce; challenges around Brexit; tax reform; and responding to the new opportunities and challenges that may arise.

Our clients are having to adapt to new roles and responsibilities around this. The owners, the agents and the estate managers are each trying to understand how best to support according to each other's needs.

We are alongside, helping you navigate these issues, from tenancy, to employment, to insurance, as well as commercialising assets and future-proofing with careful brand management and strategic land developments. We can also advise on heritage issues, and problems arising around art and shared assets.

We have detailed below some of the themes we can discuss with you to make the most of the current opportunities.

For more information about the specific Private Client legal services we provide, including buying and selling residential property, and legal services we provide to businesses, please visit the relevant pages below.

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In conversation with Lady Ashcombe of Sudeley Castle

As we begin our sponsorship with Historic Houses, we took the opportunity to interview the owner of Sudeley Castle, one of the original members of the organisation.

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Historic Houses

"We are delighted to welcome Charles Russell Speechlys as the newly appointed Historic Houses legal sponsor." - Martha Lytton, Historic Houses President

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Meet our landed estates and heritage property lawyers

Our Landed Estates & Heritage Property services

Buying and Selling Legal Services

Buying and Selling

What do I need to consider when buying or selling a landed or urban estate as a UK or international buyer? 

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Diversification and Growth Opportunities

Diversification and Growth Opportunities

How can I diversify my estate plan and commercialise my assets? 

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Land and Estate Management Legal Services

Land and Estate Management

What are my on-going commitments when managing an estate?

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Succession and Ownership Structures

Succession and Ownership Structures

What should I be considering when passing on my assets to the next generation?

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For internationally mobile individuals.

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Investors and Entrepreneurs

For individuals who own and invest in fast growth or family businesses.

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Professionals & Senior Executives

For those managing and running businesses.

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Art & Luxury Lawyers

Art & Luxury

Our specialist lawyers help collectors, creators and curators protect the value of the objects they love.

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Philanthropy

For philanthropists and sustainable investors.

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Strategic Land Legal Services

Strategic Land

Our strategic land team offers a one-stop service to landowners, helping you plan for and realise maximum value.

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Our thinking

  • IBA Annual Conference 2023

    Charlotte Ford

    Events

  • Heritage property and conditional exemption

    Sarah Wray

    Insights

  • Vanessa Duff writes for Wealth Briefing on how the Bank of Mum and Dad can help young people get on the property ladder

    Vanessa Duff

    In the Press

  • Sarah Higgins and David Wells-Cole write for Wealth Briefing on the pitfalls of using unregulated legal services

    Sarah Higgins

    In the Press

  • 5 top tips to make estate administration easier for your executor

    Jessica Dawkins

    Quick Reads

  • Financial Reporter quotes Rhys Novak on a new FCA review into the treatment of PEPs

    Rhys Novak

    In the Press

  • South China Morning Post quotes Lisa Wong on Hong Kong's surrogacy rules

    Lisa Wong

    In the Press

  • First time buyers relief and trusts

    Sarah Wray

    Insights

  • The Financial Times quotes Julia Cox on tax planning under a potential Labour government

    Julia Cox

    In the Press

  • The Family Fund: Bank of Mum & Dad 2.0

    Vanessa Duff

    Quick Reads

  • The Financial Times quotes James Riby on London’s reputation as ‘divorce capital’ of the world

    James Riby

    In the Press

  • Inside Britney and Sam’s $10m prenup

    Shivi Rajput

    Quick Reads

  • The i quotes Katie Talbot on the merits of putting a life insurance policy into a trust

    Katie Talbot

    In the Press

  • Oops!....I did it again - Britney's third divorce

    Charlotte Posnansky

    Quick Reads

  • NSPCC urges Government to protect children from domestic abuse during holidays

    Shivi Rajput

    Quick Reads

  • A brief look at HMRC v A Taxpayer [2023] UKUT 00182 (TCC)

    Dominic Lawrance

    Quick Reads

  • An exceptionally harsh judgment? Exceptional circumstances revisited

    Dominic Lawrance

    Insights

  • Record success for Charles Russell Speechlys in Chambers High Net Worth 2023 directory

    Piers Master

    News

  • ATED and the farmhouse

    Sarah Wray

    Quick Reads

  • Recognising financial abuse in a relationship

    Vanessa Duff

    Quick Reads

  • Million Dollar Footballer With No Assets?

    David Carver

    Quick Reads

  • eprivateclient quotes Sarah Higgins and David Wells-Cole on the CMA’s investigation into will-writing and quickie divorce legal services

    Sarah Higgins

    In the Press

  • Domestic abuse orders: worth the paper they’re written on?

    Lydia Hutchinson

    Insights

  • Parental responsibility as a form of coercive control

    Lydia Hutchinson

    Insights

  • Sally Ashford and Oliver Auld write for International Adviser on the role of a trustee in a family trust

    Sally Ashford

    In the Press

  • Are Parental Rights Equal for All Families?

    Vanessa Duff

    Quick Reads

  • eprivateclient quotes Marcus Yorke-Long on on social media and family office

    Marcus Yorke-Long

    In the Press

  • Money Talk interviews Lisa Wong on wealth protection and preservation in marriage and divorce

    Lisa Wong

    In the Press

  • Suzanne Marriott writes for The Times on predatory marriages

    Suzanne Marriott

    In the Press

  • Atonement and post separation endeavour: wife keeps £1m gift from husband after his affair and will receive a share of his business’ future profits

    Sophia Leeder

    Quick Reads

  • Pensions: change is in the air once again

    Sarah Wray

    Quick Reads

  • Charlie Ring and Marcus Yorke-Long write for Wealth Briefing on M&As and wealth planning

    Charlie Ring

    In the Press

  • Don’t push it… Quincecare duty clarified

    Caroline Greenwell

    Quick Reads

  • Pandora Papers: HMRC nudge taxpayers to come out of their box

    Hugh Gunson

    Quick Reads

  • Making BitCoin a BitClearer

    Charlotte Posnansky

    Quick Reads

  • Can a financial claim in divorce proceed after the death of either party?

    Sarah Higgins

    Quick Reads

  • Second Time Weddings - Family Law (I) dos and don’ts

    Miranda Fisher

    Quick Reads

  • Tina Turner: an inspiration praised for turning the tables on domestic violence

    Matt Foster

    Quick Reads

  • Delay could bar your probate claim

    Katelyn Silver

    Quick Reads

  • Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration publishes new Arbitration Rules

    Peter Smith

    Quick Reads

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