Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky today called for an expansion of corporate criminal liability in front of the ongoing House of Lords...
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The Government has announced that it will soon introduce a new tax on "digital services". The idea behind it is that individuals can...
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the C5 conference on Economic Sanctions and Financial Crime in London. I...
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Following my recent post about the prospects of a "digital revolution" in the construction industry, the Chartered Institute of Building...
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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...
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At a conference last week, the joint head of fraud at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Hannah von Dadelszen, delivered a clear message to...
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As part of its toolkit to improve rescue opportunities for financially-distressed companies, the Government has announced that:
"Companies...
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A timely comment from my colleague Mark Slade on the commercial benefits of the UK REIT regime (see here).
Legislation published on...
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In the past few weeks, the Government has published drafts of dozens of statutory instruments setting out what the domestic landscape...
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) may be a viable alternative to open-ended funds holding illiquid real estate for those operators...
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Lisa Osofsky, director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), delivered a speech yesterday at the Trace European Forum and made some very...
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Yesterday marked the launch of the Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI). The CTI is an independent group working to improve cost...
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Last week, the Government published:
i) a draft version of the Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “draft
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Today’s draft Finance Bill contains a simple, but important, change to the taxation of companies which hold valuable intangibles.
As I...
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I have been commenting with interest on developments to the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO). The subject of the UWO, Zamira Hajiyeva...
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In a much anticipated judgment handed down this morning (7 November 2018), the Court of Appeal has confirmed that employers under...
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Technology start-ups are powered by bright minds and relentless ambition. Whilst this makes them hotbeds of innovation, they frequently...
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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...
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The Financial Times has reported that the UK and EU have made significant progress on the text on an equivalence deal for financial...
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The UK competition authority has provisionally decided that ComparetheMarket's "most favoured nation" clauses with home insurers are...
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There was relatively little mention of VAT in the Budget but there were some potentially significant announcements regarding perceived...
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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...
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The changes to entrepreneurs' relief (ER) announced at the Budget are to ensure the relief goes to "genuine entrepreneurs". Conceptually,...
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On Tuesday the Association of Real Estate Funds' (AREF) Future Gen Group held a topical panel discussion on the future of retail...
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Security minister Ben Wallace launched the Government’s new National Economic Crime Centre today with a promise to crack down on...
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Attempts to legislate on tax across the EU have always been dogged by the fact that decision making in that area requires unanimous...
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Lots of countries have specific tax relief regimes for expats - including the UK. Since the UK voted to leave the EU many other European...
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The Times suggests that the tentative outline of a Brexit deal covering financial services has been informally agreed.
Whilst this...
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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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