High Court grants urgent hearing on Labour’s inheritance tax overhaul

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Farmers protesting. Photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images The High Court has green-lit an urgent hearing at the High Court over the government’s inheritance tax raid on agricultural...

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Instead, the claimants are seeking a formal declaration that Labour’s process was unlawful.Despite “regrettable administrative delays” by court staff, Mrs Justice Lang has ordered the case to proceed to a “rolled-up” hearing over two days in February or March 2026.\n\nPartner James Austen at Collyer Bristow, instructed for the claimants, noted that “rolled-up” hearings are “exceptionally rare” and reflect the case’s critical importance.The Speaker of the House of Commons has been granted permission to intervene as an interested party to address matters of Parliamentary privilege and the separation of powers.Marvin Rust, head of Alvarez & Marsal tax EMEA, added: We work with many family businesses and farms who need certainty. Limiting longstanding inheritance tax reliefs is an important legislative change, which was introduced without proper consultation, contrary to well-established principles. 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