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What did Tesco get wrong?

Tesco has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £65,000 in costs after it was found to have run a “false and misleading” promotion on strawberries.
21 August 2013

FCA v Hobbs

Discontinuance of an FCA action – when is it valid? and (2) the Public Interest Obligations of the Upper Tribunal.
16 August 2013

High Court Judge urges claimants to use ADR and strikes out claim as an abuse of process

A High Court judge has struck out a claim where the claimant had already obtained full redress through the PPI ADR scheme and then issued proceedings to recover legal costs. 
15 August 2013

Successful claim for Co-operative Bank subsidiary

Burges Salmon advised Co-operative Bank subsidiary on a successful claim against a  solicitor who failed to report critical information about the structure of a residential property transaction.
14 August 2013

We are family – paying the right price for domestic workers

In Nambalat v Tahor, the Court of Appeal provided guidance as to when a domestic worker is 'treated as a member of the employer's family' and therefore not entitled to the NMW.
14 August 2013

Furnished Holiday Lets - but no break from Inheritance Tax?

What are the current rules for Business Property Relief for IHT on holiday cottages?
14 August 2013

Budget more exasperation than aspiration for the farming community

Proposed changes to the way in which restrictions on the deductibility of certain debts for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes are dealt with could have an impact on farm borrowings.
14 August 2013

Keep Calm and GAARy on...

John Barnett (who was a member of the GAAR interim advisory panel) and Ian Carnochan give their views on the GAAR and what it may mean in practice.
14 August 2013

Paintings can be wasting assets

Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Omai arrived at Castle Howard in 1796, and (apart from brief tours of the world's galleries) remained there until it was sold by the executors of Lord Howard's estate.
14 August 2013

Supreme Court rules on ‘use by’ dates

A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on 31 July has clarified food labelling and ‘use by’ date rules for retailers.
12 August 2013

Economic Reality and Paper Returns

A brief on two recently decided cases: one an economic reality argument put forward by HMRC, the second is a reminder that a late filed paper return will attract a penalty even if “corrected” .
08 August 2013

European Court of Justice decisions on VAT

A couple of ECJ decisions on VAT have caught the eye of Tax partner Nigel Popplewell; one on abusive practices and the other whether extraneous activities were VATable.
08 August 2013

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