29 Oct, 2021 Are HMRC’s conclusions reasonable? By Paul Hardwick HMRC v Sukhdev Mattu [2021] UKUT 0245 (TCC) is a recent application by HMRC to apply a tax-related penalty on Mr Mattu for alleged...
29 Oct, 2021 Real life Succession By Charles Gothard As the latest series of the US TV programme Succession airs and viewers are yet again drawn into the complex lives of the Roy family...
27 Oct, 2021 A new route for companies to migrate to the UK By Gregory Price It has long frustrated companies looking to move to the UK that there is no simple way to "redomicile" a non-UK company so that it...
27 Oct, 2021 Budget 2021: finally some certainty on notifying uncertain tax treatments By Jack Slater Gregory Price In a welcome move for those responsible for tax matters at large businesses, today’s Budget documents contain an announcement that the...
27 Oct, 2021 UK Budget and immigration - Chancellor confirms 2022 high skilled visa plans By Edward Reed Today, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government’s fiscal plans for the immediate and near future. Amongst the tax...
26 Oct, 2021 Global tax deal update: a decision on the demise of the digital services tax By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The US has reached a compromise with five European countries – including the UK – on what will happen to the latter’s digital services...
26 Oct, 2021 FCA publishes Long Term Asset Fund final rules By Lora Froud Gavin Haran The FCA has published its final rules for the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The LTAF is a new authorised fund vehicle that aims to make it...
21 Oct, 2021 The human side of legal tech By Drew Honeywell Kulow Christopher Tart-Roberts The first thought that comes to mind when you say “legal technology” is most likely scientific or mathematic. It’s algorithms and AI,...
21 Oct, 2021 UK Parliamentary Group seeks sanctions against corrupt global actors By Francis Bond The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Magnitsky Sanctions (“APPG”), co-chaired by MPs Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Bryant, was formally...
21 Oct, 2021 Policy in practice episode 2: Budget predictions By David Gauke Rhiannon Kinghall Were Gavin Haran In this podcast David Gauke and Rhiannon Kinghall Were talk to Gavin Haran about the forthcoming Spending Review and Budget. In the...
19 Oct, 2021 Policy in practice episode 1: Green finance - the state of play before COP26 By David Gauke Lora Froud Rachel Richardson Gavin Haran +1 more... Show less The first of our “Policy in practice” podcast series is now available to listen to. David Gauke, Lora Froud, Gavin Haran and Rachel...
15 Oct, 2021 Uncertainty around Transfer of Assets Abroad regime increases following latest Fisher case judgment By Paul Hardwick The Court of Appeal has now handed down judgment in the long-running Fisher litigation, over-turning the Upper Tribunal’s earlier...
11 Oct, 2021 OECD triumph as momentum gathers for a global minimum tax By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The global minimum tax proposed by the OECD is nearing implementation following the latest round of negotiations. The OECD has managed to...
11 Oct, 2021 High Court confirms that landlords can still resort to court proceedings to recover unpaid rent By Lois Horne The recent changes to the restrictions on winding-up petitions will have been disappointing to commercial landlords (see our previous...
07 Oct, 2021 Trending up: outsourcing in post-covid Europe By William Hedges Macfarlanes hosted a virtual outsourcing forum on 30 September, which brought together lawyers specialising in outsourcing and technology...
07 Oct, 2021 Transforming Infrastructure Performance: report sets out vision for UK infrastructure By Mark Lawrence The Infrastructure and Projects Authority recently published the latest iteration of its vision for the future: "Transforming...