Aug 30, 2022 Uncertain tax treatment – employment status and the HMRC CEST tool By Philip Swinburn The employment status of a worker determines how they are taxed. This has been an area of increased scrutiny for the government in recent...
Aug 26, 2022 What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US implementation of Pillar Two? By George Badger Lucy Urwin Last week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA22) into law, which he described as “one of the most significant...
Aug 18, 2022 Court approves posthumous use of embryos By Elizabeth Doherty Imogen Courtney Jacob Ward In a landmark decision, the English High Court has granted a widower’s request to use the last embryo created with his late wife to try...
Aug 18, 2022 Farewell Police Registration Certificates By Macfarlanes It has been an unusual feature of the UK immigration process that certain nationals (e.g. of Brazil, China, Israel, Russia, Turkey, UAE)...
Aug 16, 2022 Cryptocurrencies meet class actions: investors take aim at cryptocurrency exchanges By Lorna Emson Luke Chinniah Sheila Dines The most recent in a flurry of proposed class action proceedings brought before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is a £9.9bn claim...
Aug 15, 2022 “Inside information is not a private commodity”: negligent disclosure leads to £80k personal fine for NED By Laura Bridgewater Helen Carter Madeleine Brown The FCA has fined a former non-executive director (NED) £80,000 for negligently disclosing inside information to senior individuals at...
Aug 12, 2022 Home Office resumes priority processing By Edward Reed Last week, I wrote about the issues the Home Office faces as a consequence of a surge of applications, a lack of caseworkers and the...
Aug 10, 2022 Chugging along: The Court of Appeal continues to endorse a low bar for certification in collective actions By Cameron Firth Simon Day Rachel Carter The Court of Appeal has confirmed in the “Boundary Fares” cases that the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (“CAT”) ability to award aggregate...
Aug 09, 2022 Trust Registration Service update: new HMRC guidance on penalties for late registration By Tristan Honeyborne With less than a month to go until the 1 September deadline to register trusts that fall within the expanded scope of the Trust...
Aug 08, 2022 HMRC statistics show drop in number of non-domiciled taxpayers By Thomas Schlee HMRC have recently published a statistical commentary on the UK tax contributions of individuals claiming non-domiciled status in their...
Aug 05, 2022 Government launches new Public Sector Fraud Authority By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey Helin Gurel On 3 August, the UK Government announced the launch of the Public Sector Fraud Authority (the Authority), a new body tasked with tackling...
Aug 04, 2022 The impact of the war in Ukraine on the Home Office By Edward Reed The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created a refugee crisis as almost four million, mostly, women and children fled the...
Aug 03, 2022 What can Dall-E teach the private client lawyer? By Paul Hardwick If you have a spare moment, it’s worth playing around with a piece of software called Dall-E. Type in any combination of words and it...
Aug 02, 2022 Is working from a holiday home about to become simpler? OTS launches review of remote working By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Philip Swinburn The pandemic has created a notable shift in the approach individuals and companies are taking to remote working which prompts a number of...
Aug 01, 2022 Register of overseas entities goes live By Dominic Sedghi Clare Wilson The new register of overseas entities that hold registrable UK real estate has been launched today, 1 August 2022. Under the regime, an...