Oct 29, 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...
Oct 29, 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...
Oct 27, 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...
Oct 27, 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...
Oct 27, 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...
Oct 26, 2021 Global tax deal update: a decision on the demise of the digital services tax By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Lucy Urwin The US has reached a compromise with five European countries – including the UK – on what will happen to the latter’s digital services...
Oct 26, 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...
Oct 21, 2021 The human side of legal tech By Drew Honeywell Kulow The first thought that comes to mind when you say “legal technology” is most likely scientific or mathematic. It’s algorithms and AI,...
Oct 21, 2021 UK Parliamentary Group seeks sanctions against corrupt global actors By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Magnitsky Sanctions (“APPG”), co-chaired by MPs Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Bryant, was formally...
Oct 21, 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...
Oct 19, 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...
Oct 15, 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...
Oct 11, 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...
Oct 11, 2021 High Court confirms that landlords can still resort to court proceedings to recover unpaid rent By Lois Horne Amy McLeish The recent changes to the restrictions on winding-up petitions will have been disappointing to commercial landlords (see our previous...
Oct 07, 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...
Oct 07, 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...