28 Jul, 2022 Employment status – status quo By Philip Swinburn Matthew Ramsey The thorny question of whether someone is a worker, an employee or self-employed (for employment rights purposes) and an employee or...
27 Jul, 2022 DWP consults on new funding and investment regulations By George Mitkov The Pension Schemes Act 2021 introduced new requirements for DB schemes to: develop a funding and investment strategy that ensures that...
27 Jul, 2022 English Court confirms the default position of right of appeal on question of law with respect to arbitral awards By Lois Horne Chloe Edworthy The English High Court has again addressed the question of how parties can exclude the right of appeal on a question of law in respect of...
26 Jul, 2022 More UK sanctions against Russia: accountancy, PR and management consultancy services’ ban By Helen Harvey Imogen Courtney On 21 July 2022, new sanctions cutting off Russia’s access to the UK’s business and management consulting, accounting and PR services...
22 Jul, 2022 Relaxation of CGT rules on separation and divorce By Naomi Charrington On 20 July, the Government published draft legislation for the Finance Bill 2022/23 which amends the capital gains tax (CGT) rules for...
22 Jul, 2022 Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects both class claims in UK’s first carriage dispute By Simon Day Emma Radcliffe Alex Evans The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) has refused to certify the opt-out collective proceedings orders (CPOs) sought by two...
21 Jul, 2022 L-Day: UK Pillar Two implementation marches on By Bezhan Salehy Tax enthusiasts will have plenty to read on the beach this summer following yesterday’s publication of the UK Government’s summary of...
21 Jul, 2022 “History may not repeat itself. But it rhymes”; misconduct in wholesale markets By Laura Bridgewater We are delighted to have assisted the Financial Markets Standards Board with its second edition of the Behaviour-pattern Conduct Analysis...
19 Jul, 2022 Court of Appeal revives significant environmental group action against BHP Group By Simon Day Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson The Court of Appeal has granted permission for a significant group action to proceed against one of the world’s largest mining concerns,...
18 Jul, 2022 I trust you’ll look after my bitcoin By James Popperwell Luke Chinniah The case of D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others [2022] EWHC 1723 (Ch) raises two important developments in the rapidly developing field...
13 Jul, 2022 The evolution of fund finance – from the exceptional to the expected By Clare Golding Richard Fletcher From modest beginnings as overdraft facilities to the full spectrum of complex products available today, a panel of experts led by our...
11 Jul, 2022 EC follow-up proposal linked to non-EU shell entities published By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Since the European Commission (EC) stated its intention to widen the scope of the Unshell Directive (ATAD 3) to tackle non-EU shell...
06 Jul, 2022 United Nations tells global banks: stop over-complying with financial sanctions By Francis Bond The UN Special Rapporteur on The Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on Human Rights has made an appeal to banks and other...
05 Jul, 2022 Waning immunity? Government consults on reforming sovereign immunity from tax By Bezhan Salehy Sarah Shucksmith Sovereign immunity – the principle that foreign governments and heads of state have immunity from certain taxes including Income Tax,...
04 Jul, 2022 Trending topics from the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium 2022 By Clare Golding Adam Caines The return of the in person Annual European Fund Finance Symposium to London on 28 June 2022 was marked by a sense of optimism for the...
01 Jul, 2022 Lessons from the crypto-crash: the risks of transacting with blockchains By Sapheen Meran The pressure on the cryptocurrency market continues to yield further turmoil, with news of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s...