Final Adoption of General Data Protection Regulation by European Parliament
The European Parliament gave its formal approval on Thursday to the proposed text of the General Data Protection Regulation.
15 April 2016
Film schemes flop following HMRC review: Samarkand case 2015
In Samarkand Film Partnership No 3 and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners, the Upper Tribunal (UT) delivered a decision in favour of HMRC to deny tax relief for partnership losses .
01 July 2015
Brexit: the potential implications for UK employment law
Now that the majority have voted to leave the EU in the UK's recent referendum, our employment team summarises the potential impact of Brexit on employment laws in the UK.
17 June 2016
Brexit – the impact on planning and development
Brexit has a range of implications for planning in the short, medium and longer terms. These are hard to predict in terms of timing and detail, but it seems likely they will favour development.
14 July 2016
Fiduciaries, forfeiture and profit share
We look at the recent case of Hosking where a retiring LLP member was forced to forfeit significant profit share due to breaches of his fiduciary obligations.
16 November 2016
FCA's review of UK Primary Markets: update
The FCA has published a feedback statement on DP17/21: Review of the Effectiveness of Primary Markets.
31 October 2017
A cautionary tale for directors when declaring dividends
In BTI 2014 LLC v. Sequana SA & Ors [2019], the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision that dividends can be challenged as transactions defrauding creditors under the Insolvency Act 1986.
11 February 2019
Brexit judgment: parliament is sovereign
The judgment in the first legal challenge to Brexit in the English and Welsh courts has been handed down today (3 November 2016).
03 November 2016
A binding deal even when the document was not signed
Parties who negotiate contracts but choose not to sign them when the moment comes usually expect not to be bound. However, the courts are finding binding contracts have arisen in such circumstances.
10 March 2014
An introduction to Residence and Domicile
Residence and domicile are both crucially important concepts in UK law. This article summarises what each term means and the impact they have for individuals
08 February 2024
Contractual controls on land consultation: Have your say
The official consultation on how the Government intends to compile a dataset of who exercises contractual control over land in England & Wales has been published
08 February 2024
For we all like figgy pudding: new guidance on the treatment of loans secured on FIG
Professional bodies published a joint guidance on a change in HMRC’s approach to the treatment of loan collateral for non-doms who use the remittance basis
06 January 2022