04 Aug, 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...
04 May, 2022 The Chancellor announces a £25 million “fraud squad” to recover £5 billion By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Georgia O'Connor The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a new “fraud squad” to recover money stolen from the state-backed Covid Bounce Back Loan...
08 Nov, 2021 HMRC's focus on CJRS compliance grows now that support has come to an end By Jackelyn West 15 months ago, we wrote about HMRC’s announced plans to start recovery action of overpaid grants under the Coronavirus Job Retention...
27 Oct, 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...
26 Aug, 2021 Remote right to work checks to continue until 5 April 2022 By Edward Reed The UK Government has announced that the temporary concession on remote right to work checks will now continue until at least 5 April...
26 Aug, 2021 Brexit plus Covid-19 plus immigration policy equals acute labour shortages By Edward Reed Back in December 2020, just before the end of the Brexit transition period which marked the final withdrawal of the UK from the EU's...
08 Jul, 2021 Britannia’s tax collectors rule the waves? By Damiano Sogaro Charishma Bhujohory Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) maintained that no additional UK value added tax (VAT) would be payable by owners of pleasure...
11 Jun, 2021 The Government rejects publishing a long-term tax strategy By Paul Hardwick Back in March I wrote about the Treasury Committee’s report entitled Tax after Coronavirus which considered, amongst other things, a...
24 May, 2021 Who owns the copyright in software created while working from home? By Martha Campbell In the recent UK High Court decision of Penhallurick v MD5 Ltd [2021] EWHC 293 (IPEC), the High Court ruled that certain copyright works...
24 May, 2021 Further changes on the horizon – the VAT e-commerce package By Charishma Bhujohory As the dust settles on Brexit, businesses will need to brace themselves for another wave of change on the VAT front – the implementation...
17 May, 2021 The OECD sets its sights on inherited wealth By Michael Shaw There has been public debate over using wealth taxes as a way to fund the massive government spending during the Covid-19 pandemic. But...
04 May, 2021 Covid 19 tenant protections: as the moratorium on forfeiture nears its end date – what happens next? By Rachael Ashton As we pass the anniversary of the first UK lockdown and look towards the rapid easing of the third UK lockdown, the Government has been...
30 Apr, 2021 Despite Covid-19 the rush to direct lending continues By Rachel Richardson The FT has reported that Ares have raised an €11bn fund. According to Prequin this will be Europe’s largest fund of its type. In...
07 Apr, 2021 Covid-19 related amendments to the EU securitisation regulation and ESAs opinion on its jurisdictional scope By Ryan Moore Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher Jamie Macpherson +1 more... Show less Covid-19 related amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation The European Parliament and the Council of the European adopted...
02 Mar, 2021 A wealth tax? Or a "one-off" wealth tax, after coronavirus? By Paul Hardwick Yesterday the Treasury Committee published a report entitled Tax after coronavirus. Select committee reports are not always accurate...
18 Jan, 2021 UK introduces tighter travel restrictions to combat new Covid-19 variants By Edward Reed UPDATE: From 15 February 2021, new guidance is in effect - please see our updated note here: Covid-19 UK travel restrictions and...