Dec 22, 2022 High Court judge rules against Home Office in major development for EEA nationals with Pre-Settled Status By Edward Reed A recent High Court judgment has ruled against the UK Government: this has some interesting implications for those EEA/Swiss nationals...
Dec 21, 2022 OTS report on hybrid working highlights the need for change By Philip Swinburn The Office of Tax Simplification issued their parting gift on 20 December setting out the complexities associated with hybrid and...
Dec 21, 2022 Embiricos v HMRC – a second bite of the procedural cherry By Luke Silverman Earlier this year, in Embiricos v HMRC [2022] EWCA Civ 3, the Court of Appeal held that HMRC could not issue a partial closure notice to...
Dec 20, 2022 Pensions dashboards – a top priority for 2023 By Faye Jarvis The recent slew of consultations from the Pensions Regulator, FCA and the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) serve as an important...
Dec 20, 2022 Pillar Two safe harbour among raft of OECD consultations By Bezhan Salehy The OECD has today published a package of BEPS 2.0 policy documents that will give tax aficionados plenty to read by the fireside over...
Dec 20, 2022 Could Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) be about to bite? By Erin Gilliland Ellie Herve In 2015, the Government introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) to look to drive improvements in the energy efficiency...
Dec 15, 2022 ESG collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal – a natural new home or a fleeting visit? By Simon Day Jennifer Reeves Zoe Carter Riley Forson +1 more... Show less ESG litigation risk has become a growing concern for businesses as claimants pursue increasingly innovative causes of action (see our...
Dec 14, 2022 Don’t be left in tiers – practical advice on using multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses By Richard Alam I recently attended a panel discussion at the Society of Construction Law Astra International Conference in Paris about the use of...
Dec 14, 2022 Will the Edinburgh Reforms make a difference? By Alexandra Green Michael Sholem Gavin Haran On 9 December, the Chancellor announced a package of over 30 reforms to the UK’s financial regulations, an attempt to achieve the biggest...
Dec 13, 2022 EU Council agrees minimum tax directive By Bezhan Salehy The EU delivered an early Christmas present for supporters of the OECD Pillar Two global minimum tax initiative on Monday, as Member...
Dec 12, 2022 Market abuse in the bond market – FCA proposes prohibition orders for three traders By Dan Lavender Madeleine Brown The FCA is seeking to impose prohibition orders and fines on three traders for market abuse during their time working at Mizuho...
Nov 30, 2022 Putting the new gateways into practice: information orders against foreign non-parties By James Popperwell Nikolas Ireland Madeleine Brown In LMN v Bitlfyer Holdings Inc and others [2022] EWHC 2954 (Comm), the High Court has permitted service out of the jurisdiction using the...
Nov 30, 2022 Why we shouldn't shun due diligence By Dominic Sedghi Brooke Masters asks an excellent question in this morning’s Financial Times (link below, subscription required) in the wake of the...
Nov 29, 2022 Transparency, but not at any cost By Dominic Sedghi In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...
Nov 29, 2022 Gearing the UK up for decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) By Dominic Sedghi Richard Giangrande Fred Whittell The Law Commission has published a call for evidence on decentralised autonomous organisations (or DAOs). The Commission intends to...
Nov 29, 2022 A new dawn for EU "substance" requirements? By Gavin Haran At the Irish Funds’ UK symposium on 24 November, the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI's) Derville Rowland made an ominous remark in her...