On 17 May 2022 the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) published the final version of their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing Guidance following its approval by HM Treasury. This note seeks to explain who is subject to the Guidance, and what it means for businesses. The Guidance is the result of the amendment of […]
The Pension Schemes Act 2021 (PSA) received Royal Assent on 11 February 2021, after a long journey through Parliament. It began with a White Paper and then consultation paper in 2018, both of which advertised a stated aim of the enacting of a new criminal offence for company directors whose actions place a pension scheme […]
In May this year the Government (BEIS together with Companies House) opened a consultation into Corporate Transparency and Register Reform, as part of the continuing drive to increase the transparency of UK corporate entities and to help combat the risk of fraud and the misuse of information. The aim is to reduce the risk of […]
In Thakrar v Crown Prosecution Service [2019] EWCA Civ 874, the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) ended any hopes of resurrecting a private prosecution for the alleged theft of industrial quantities of plastics and gave guidance as to the limits of appellate jurisdiction in the context of judicial review in private prosecutions. The case had […]
Houdini was a masterful illusionist famed for his escapology. The recent judgment given by the Upper Tribunal in The First De Sales Limited and Ors -v- The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2018] UKUT 396 (TCC) confirmed that the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme (“DOTAS”) that was struck out by the FTT on application […]
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