Jan 31, 2022 Proposals for reform of the UK’s criminal liability laws to be published this spring By Neill Blundell Joe Gaffney The Law Commission last week confirmed that its proposals to reform the UK’s criminal liability laws are on track to be published this...
Jan 27, 2022 Trading for visas: UK considers easing visa requirements for Indian nationals By Edward Reed When the UK left the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2021, it ended free trade of goods and services with a trading bloc of 450m...
Jan 26, 2022 Is the UK losing the fight against corruption? By Lorna Emson Francis Bond Joe Gaffney "The UK is currently losing the fight against economic crime. UK law enforcement capacity – an essential component of this fight – is...
Jan 24, 2022 Asset valuation: EU managers under scrutiny By Sandeesh Shah ESMA has announced that it is launching its third common supervisory action (CSA) on the EU asset management sector, this time focusing...
Jan 21, 2022 2022: A New Hope for Real Estate? By Cate Taylor The message from the panel at the London Property Alliance this week was very clear: 2021 was the year of rebound after a relatively...
Jan 21, 2022 The final word on Partial Closure Notices? By Paul Hardwick Last week the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the Embiricos litigation. (For commentary on the previous Embiricos decisions and...
Jan 20, 2022 FCA tackles the "Wild West" of high-risk investments By Gavin Haran The FCA has published a consultation that proposes to reform its financial promotion rules. The changes relate to "high-risk...
Jan 20, 2022 2022 edition of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines By Bahar Ozbaris The OECD has today released the 2022 edition of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for multinational enterprises and tax...
Jan 19, 2022 Marketing cryptoassets: HMT and the FCA weigh in By Gavin Haran On 18 January 2022, HM Treasury (HMT) published its response to its July 2020 consultation paper on cryptoasset promotions. This was...
Jan 18, 2022 All aboard: UK class action regime gathers steam as court certifies rail fares class claim By Simon Day Alex Evans Daniel Fisher The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) has allowed "opt-out" collective proceedings to proceed seeking damages arising from...
Jan 18, 2022 Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust By Edward Reed Oliver Wendell Holmes senior, the American polymath and father of the eponymous former US Supreme Court Justice, is credited with this...
Jan 12, 2022 UK Securitisation Regulation – FCA approves first two securitisation repositories By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher With effect from 17 January 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to register both European DataWarehouse Ltd and...
Jan 11, 2022 Minimum tax: maximum pace set by UK By Bezhan Salehy The UK Government has today launched a consultation on domestic implementation of the OECD’s Pillar Two minimum tax proposals. Coming...
Jan 11, 2022 The latest twist for Pillar Two By Ceinwen Rees In an interesting twist to the Pillar Two roll-out, last week (6 January) the Business at OECD (BIAC) issued a very negative open letter...
Jan 10, 2022 Where next for mass “opt out” claims in England & Wales? By Simon Day Fred Snowball Michael Freedman In the second of our series on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Lloyd v Google, we examine the key implications of the judgment on the...
Jan 05, 2022 The New Year to-do list for global tax reform By Gregory Price Last year ended with the publication of model rules for the OECD's project to achieve a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least...