Nov 29, 2018 "Everybody was doing it" does not mean you were not dishonest - case law update By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The law of dishonesty is changing. Just over a year ago, the Supreme Court in the case of Ivey v Genting Casinos removed the subjective...
Nov 28, 2018 The limited partnership “crackdown”: more heat and light than substance? By Stephen Robinson The FT reports today that the Government will bring forward new legislation next year to tighten up the regime for establishing and...
Nov 28, 2018 Where is the incentive? By Macfarlanes One of the challenges of the UK immigration system that applies to non-EEA nationals is that effectively it only offers a route for...
Nov 27, 2018 (Unsurprisingly) tech and cybersecurity remain top priorities for the FCA By Macfarlanes In case we were in any doubt that technology and cybersecurity are high on the FCA's supervisory priorities, publications over the past...
Nov 27, 2018 The ghost of Budgets past: tax on employee loans made since 1999 By Ceinwen Rees Joe Maughan Cast your mind back to Spring 2016, you may remember a fresh-faced George Osborne striding out from Number 11 Downing Street, red...
Nov 26, 2018 Disguised remuneration: the 2019 loan charge - action before 5 April 2019 By Lewin Higgins-Green Legislation to combat perceived tax avoidance through "disguised remuneration" has been in place since 2011 - one common result was to...
Nov 23, 2018 Reforming inheritance tax - the business perspective By Gregory Price The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a number of recommendations for Government on simplifying the administration of...
Nov 23, 2018 The spectre of UWOs looms large over UK property: why this is a space to watch By Neill Blundell Tristan Honeyborne For those of you familiar with my regular updates, you will be aware that I have written much recently on the introduction of Unexplained...
Nov 23, 2018 Retentions: strong hints that legislation is imminent By Alexander Crockford Construction minister Richard Harrington gave a speech to the Construction News Summit on 20 November in which he indicated that the...
Nov 22, 2018 SCL panel gives guidance on privacy and future technologies By Martha Campbell On Tuesday 20 November, the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) held a panel discussion on the future of technology and privacy. The...
Nov 21, 2018 Right to adjudicate under attack? By Richard Rowlatt Since the Construction Act came into force over 20 years ago, it has been a central tenet of the construction industry that a party can...
Nov 21, 2018 Legislating for insolvency in the aftermath of a 'no deal' Brexit By Jamie Macpherson Paul Keddie Yesterday, draft Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 were published by the Government. In the event of a 'no deal' Brexit,...
Nov 20, 2018 Corporates in the dock: Is “failure to prevent economic crime” now inevitable? By Neill Blundell Francis Bond Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky today called for an expansion of corporate criminal liability in front of the ongoing House of Lords...
Nov 20, 2018 The "Kim Kardashian tax" - three key problems By Catherine Hill The Government has announced that it will soon introduce a new tax on "digital services". The idea behind it is that individuals can...
Nov 16, 2018 Is a new European anti-money laundering body in the works? By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the C5 conference on Economic Sanctions and Financial Crime in London. I spoke...
Nov 15, 2018 Digital security in construction By Mark Lawrence Following my recent post about the prospects of a "digital revolution" in the construction industry, the Chartered Institute of Building...