"Everybody was doing it" does not mean you were not dishonest - case law update
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...
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...
The FT reports today that the Government will bring forward new legislation next year to tighten up the regime for establishing and...
One of the challenges of the UK immigration system that applies to non-EEA nationals is that effectively it only offers a route for...
In case we were in any doubt that technology and cybersecurity are high on the FCA's supervisory priorities, publications over the past...
Cast your mind back to Spring 2016, you may remember a fresh-faced George Osborne striding out from Number 11 Downing Street, red...
Legislation to combat perceived tax avoidance through "disguised remuneration" has been in place since 2011 - one common result was to...
The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a number of recommendations for Government on simplifying the administration of...
For those of you familiar with my regular updates, you will be aware that I have written much recently on the introduction of Unexplained...
Construction minister Richard Harrington gave a speech to the Construction News Summit on 20 November in which he indicated that the...
On Tuesday 20 November, the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) held a panel discussion on the future of technology and privacy. The...
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...
Yesterday, draft Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 were published by the Government. In the event of a 'no deal' Brexit,...
Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky today called for an expansion of corporate criminal liability in front of the ongoing House of Lords...
The Government has announced that it will soon introduce a new tax on "digital services". The idea behind it is that individuals can...
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the C5 conference on Economic Sanctions and Financial Crime in London. I...
Following my recent post about the prospects of a "digital revolution" in the construction industry, the Chartered Institute of Building...
Scientists have proposed a "red meat" tax, which they say could prevent almost 6,000 deaths per year. The UK Government has form in this...
At a conference last week, the joint head of fraud at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Hannah von Dadelszen, delivered a clear message to...
As part of its toolkit to improve rescue opportunities for financially-distressed companies, the Government has announced that:
"Companies...
A timely comment from my colleague Mark Slade on the commercial benefits of the UK REIT regime (see here).
Legislation published on...
In the past few weeks, the Government has published drafts of dozens of statutory instruments setting out what the domestic landscape...
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) may be a viable alternative to open-ended funds holding illiquid real estate for those operators...
Lisa Osofsky, director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), delivered a speech yesterday at the Trace European Forum and made some very...
Yesterday marked the launch of the Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI). The CTI is an independent group working to improve cost...
Last week, the Government published:
i) a draft version of the Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “draft
Today’s draft Finance Bill contains a simple, but important, change to the taxation of companies which hold valuable intangibles.
As I...
I have been commenting with interest on developments to the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO). The subject of the UWO, Zamira Hajiyeva...
In a much anticipated judgment handed down this morning (7 November 2018), the Court of Appeal has confirmed that employers under...
Technology start-ups are powered by bright minds and relentless ambition. Whilst this makes them hotbeds of innovation, they frequently...
The BBC reported at the end of last week that more than £400,000 of jewellery has been seized from Christies auction house by the...
The Financial Times has reported that the UK and EU have made significant progress on the text on an equivalence deal for financial...
The UK competition authority has provisionally decided that ComparetheMarket's "most favoured nation" clauses with home insurers are...
There was relatively little mention of VAT in the Budget but there were some potentially significant announcements regarding perceived...
The first test phase of the incoming EU Settlement Scheme, which allows EU citizens to remain in the UK post-Brexit, has come to an end...
The changes to entrepreneurs' relief (ER) announced at the Budget are to ensure the relief goes to "genuine entrepreneurs". Conceptually,...
On Tuesday the Association of Real Estate Funds' (AREF) Future Gen Group held a topical panel discussion on the future of retail...
Security minister Ben Wallace launched the Government’s new National Economic Crime Centre today with a promise to crack down on...
Attempts to legislate on tax across the EU have always been dogged by the fact that decision making in that area requires unanimous...
Lots of countries have specific tax relief regimes for expats - including the UK. Since the UK voted to leave the EU many other European...
The Times suggests that the tentative outline of a Brexit deal covering financial services has been informally agreed.
Whilst this...
Amid all the usual politics of the Government’s Budget this week, one seemingly low-key change might be of considerable interest to...
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