17 May, 2024 The National Crime Agency – the new sheriff in town? By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Helen Harvey Last Friday, 10 May 2024, was a significant day for the National Crime Agency (NCA). It secured combined custodial sentences of five...
17 May, 2024 CAT considers class representatives’ freedom to enter into litigation funding agreements By Simon Day Jonathan Pratt In a recent judgment in Gutmann v Apple Inc [2024] CAT 18, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) considered the legal basis on which a...
16 May, 2024 Individual DPAs – a comment in passing or a new tool for HMRC? By Lorna Emson Francis Bond Victoria Braid Nathan Burgard +1 more... Show less In a recently published plan, the Labour Party has set out how a future Labour government intends to close the tax gap, through a variety...
14 May, 2024 On the right track? The Tribunal approves the second collective settlement By Rachel Carter Simon Day Emma Radcliffe Alex Evans +1 more... Show less In December 2023, we wrote about the first collective settlement since the UK opt-out class action regime came into force, in the McLaren...
14 May, 2024 Without a Hitch: The UT appeal in Hitchins v HMRC By Gideon Sanitt Sophie Rhind Victoria Braid Last week, the Upper Tribunal (UT) dismissed an appeal by HMRC against the decision of the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) in Hitchins v...
14 May, 2024 UK EMIR – draft Q&As on reporting (second consultation) By William Sykes Robert Daniell Edward Karsten Background The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) previously published Policy Statement (PS23/2) setting out...
08 May, 2024 Trending topics from the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium 2024 By Chris Barrett Ryan Moore Kelly Wilson Judy Chu +1 more... Show less Macfarlanes were proud to again sponsor the Annual European Fund Finance Symposium (Symposium) in London last week, now in its eighth...
07 May, 2024 Meta facing challenges to its data policies on multiple fronts By Emma Radcliffe Greg Dowell Zoe Carter The Competition Appeal Tribunal (the CAT) recently certified the collective proceedings application made by Liza Lovdahl Gormsen (the...