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The importance of partnership agreements for family businesses

Kirsty Fairbairn

Posted2026-09-14 16:23
AuthorKirsty Fairbairn

For many family businesses, arrangements have developed over a number of years, with each member understanding their respective roles and trusting each other completely. That can make a formal partnership agreement seem an unnecessary investment. But...

Business tenants keep their right to choose how to renew

Posted2026-05-19 10:35
AuthorRichard Hugill

In a case decided earlier this month, the Court of Appeal confirmed an unusual but important point for parties to business leases. The key issue The case ( Caterpillar Property Limited & Anor v Park...

Advising Julian Jardine on new art gallery in Colliergate, York

Posted2026-05-01 11:52
AuthorHazel Allsopp

Harrowells Solicitors is pleased to have advised ceramic sculptor Julian Jardine on the opening of a new art gallery on one of York’s most historic streets, Colliergate. The gallery will bring Julian’s distinctive wildlife sculptures...

What is the test for a squatter to be registered as the owner of registered land they are sitting on?

Posted2025-07-01 11:34
AuthorRichard Hugill

Someone attempting to become the owner of land which they are occupying but do not own is known as ‘adverse possession’. On 26 th February 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in a case arising from a long-running boundary...

Law Commission announces likely reforms to business tenancies

Posted2025-06-12 10:07
AuthorRichard Hugill

The UK Government’s body for law reform, the Law Commission, has now announced the likely changes that it will recommend are made to the main legislation governing business tenancies in England and Wales. In my first and second blogs on this...

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