Farmers launch High Court challenge to save family farms from Inheritance Tax

Farmers launch High Court challenge to save family farms from Inheritance Tax

Campaigners argue the government failed to conduct proper consultation, breaching its own tax policy principles, and neglected broader impacts including on food security, rural economies, and potential distortions under the Windsor Framework.

Farm Inheritance Tax ‘Illegal’, High Court Hears

A legal challenge to the UK Government’s proposed inheritance tax changes affecting farms has begun in the High Court, with claimants arguing that ministers acted unlawfully in the way the reforms were introduced. The case centres on planned changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR), which currently help protect family farms and businesses from large inheritance tax bills when assets are passed down between…