It will soon be one month since Labour released their new budget, which confirmed the fears of the rural community in reducing Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief, amongst other changes that will squeeze farmers and other agricultural professionals.

The first episode of Talk Farm is dedicated to helping you understand these changes and mitigate negative impacts on your livelihood. James Frankland, Co-Host and Partner in our Agriculture and Estates team, is joined by Lisa Millington, Partner in Private Client.

Topics include:

• Implications for succession planning: What are your options?
• What the £1m cap means in reality
• Is there any potential for a U-turn? How might the measures be adjusted following industry backlash?
• The positives: Capital Gains Tax

In increasingly turbulent times for agriculture and landed estates, Talk Farm sets out to identify the human impacts of legal and political developments, offering industry commentary and practical guidance that cuts through the noise.

The show is presented by Rory Hutchings and James Frankland, both partners in HCR Law’s Agriculture and Estates team. If you’ve got a query about agricultural law, our team is always happy to help.

In our latest education podcast Jonathan Edwards, Head of Insurance, explains the importance of ensuring your schools carries out a risk assessment, and how to tell if your assessment is fit for purpose.

Coral Peutrill and Paul Watkins discuss their top tips and best practice advice for schools handling subject access requests and parental complaints.

Our Head of Academies, Emma Swann, and Education solicitor Coral Peutrill discuss special educational needs (SEN) and challenging the local authority for unsuitable Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

In this episode of our Academies podcast Coral Peutrill and Emma Swann discuss best practice for schools when handling parental complaints.

In this episode Emma Swann and Coral Peutrill of HCR's Education and Charities team discuss Hire Facilities Agreements, and what actions schools need to consider to reduce risks.

What’s the changing landscape for public sector pensions on divorce? How does pensions offsetting work? What’s the role of an expert witness and when may practitioners and clients need their advice?

These are common questions for Richard Scott, Head of Family Law at HCR’s Cardiff office, who regularly advises public sector employees and clients with significant pensions. In this debut podcast episode, he is joined by specialists for an insightful discussion around pensions on divorce:

• George Mathieson, expert witness and founder of Mathieson Consulting
• Rachel Mathias, Investment Manager, Brewin Dolphin
• Daniel Jacob, Chartered Financial Planner, Brewin Dolphin

In episode three of HCR Horizon, Martyn Davies – Corporate Partner – introduces Sinead Johnson, Director at Lexington Corporate Finance. As the lead on debt advisory, Sinead talks about Lexington’s role in the local market, trends they saw in 2022 and how debt works with businesses looking to raise finance.

Corporate Partner Martyn Davies is joined by Chris Skinner, Eagle Lab Ecosystem Manager at Barclays UK, for our second episode of HCR Horizons. Chris tells us how their Cardiff Eagle Lab hub is supporting tech start-ups in South Wales and shares his business success stories.

Corporate Partner Martyn Davies introduces the inaugural HCR Horizons podcast, interviewing prominent members of the tech community. In this episode, he’s joined by David Blake, investment executive with the Development Bank of Wales. They discuss the role of the Development Bank of Wales, mistakes early stage businesses make when trying to raise capital and what the Welsh venture capital market looks like.