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Howard Dellar
Work Department
Education and Ecclesiastical, Charities and Not for Profit
Position
Howard is Senior Partner and Head of Education and Ecclesiastical.
Career
Howard trained at Finn & Busby; qualified 1999; assistant solicitor Stones 1999; assistant solicitor Boodle Hatfield 2001; assistant solicitor Lee Bolton & Lee 2001; partner 2004; partner LBMW 2008; senior partner LBMW 2020.
Howard’s experience to date includes:
• Registrar to the Dioceses of Ely, Guildford and Liverpool and is the Registrar of the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury and is Deputy Registrar of the Diocese of Lincoln.
• Solicitor to many charitable companies, Maintained schools, Academies, Independent schools and a number of Church of England Diocesan Boards of Finance and Education.
• Advises the Church of England Education Office, the Whitgift Foundation and a number of Multi- Academy trusts.
• Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is an executor and trustee of numerous estates / trusts and has particular interest in cross-border succession issues with France. He was the solicitor and executor in the following High Court Case Dellar v Zivy and others [2007] EWHC 2266 (Ch), [2007] All ER (D) 121 (Oct).
• Secretary to the Bletchingdon Community Foundation and chair of The Bletchington Charity.
• Chair of The St Mary Magdalen Oxford Restoration and Development Trust.
• Member of the Ecclesiastical Law Society and the Charity Law Association and Chair of the Ecclesiastical Law Association.
• Youth Manager of the Oxford and Bletchington NonDescripts cricket club .
Memberships
Charity Law Association; secretary of the Ecclesiastical Law Society; Ecclesiastical Law Association; City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society; MSI; Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.
Education
St Edward’s School, Cheltenham; University of Bristol (1993 BA Hons; 1994 MA); University of the West of England (1995 diploma in law with merit; 1996 LPC).
Leisure
Former PCC member of St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, The Travellers Club.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Education: schools
Lee Bolton Monier-Williams is well-known for its ability to advise numerous schools and Diocesan Boards of Education on all educational undertakings. The practice places particular emphasis on school property transactions, having advised on complex site transfers, and is also regularly instructed to advise on a range of charity law issues, especially in connection with the establishment of new educational charities. Practice head Howard Dellar acts for numerous charities and multi-academy trusts and has a strong record of advising on academy conversions, and Ian Blaney is a key contact for Church of England school site acquisitions and land swaps. Khalid Sofi widens the team’s expertise through his ability to advise Muslim charities and schools on governance and strategic issues.
London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
Praised for providing a ‘very personal service’, the dynamic team at Lee Bolton Monier-Williams advises a diverse range of clients from churches and schools to housing associations, social enterprises, international aid organisations and art and cultural organisations. Led by Howard Dellar, it continues to advise a variety of clients from various Christian denominations, the Muslim community and secular organisations. Khalid Sofi plays a significant role in advising charities that are linked with Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist communities.