Webinar (recording) - DAC6: deferred but not deterred
On 17 September our global Tax team took a closer look at DAC6 implementation, the different approaches across Europe and the practical implications and planning steps you need to be aware of. You...
View ArticleQuarterly Financial Crime Horizon Scanning booklet - Q3
You can now download our Q3 Financial Crime Horizon Scanner for the UK, and our Q3 Financial Crime Horizon ...
View ArticleSupply chain issues? Look out for threatened breach
As the global economy continues to deal with the fallout of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are likely to have concerns about their supply chain and negotiations over the late payment...
View ArticleThe Same Old Routine or New Ways of Working?
"The pandemic has shone a bright spotlight on the possible and the endless opportunities that technology offers to reshape our ways of working. The relative success of remote working over the past...
View ArticleThe Future of the Office
“The ‘end of the Roman empire’ tower is finished, but the trophy office isn’t dead. They are likely to be much smaller, more luxuriously appointed with tenants paying high rents, and used in a very...
View ArticleLockdown Diaries
Before lockdown began, i thought “Zoom” was an ice lolly my mum used to buy me and “ Teams” was just the plural of “team”. Five months later (like most of us), my whole life happens on these apps....
View ArticleSubjective test for pensions rectification applied to unilateral power of...
SPS Technologies Limited v Moitt & Ors [2020] EWHC 2421 (Ch) Background Pensions deeds are long, complex documents, occasionally drafted under time pressure which can unfortunately contain errors....
View ArticleWaste destination data no longer confidential - The decision of M50 Skip...
1 BACKGROUND 1.1 M50 Skip Hire & Recycling Limited (the “Company”), a waste collection operator in Dublin, lost its recent High Court challenge of a decision of the Commissioner for Environmental...
View ArticleCoronavirus - At a glance: The EU's Coronavirus Recovery Plan - Ireland
On 21 July 2020, EU leaders agreed a recovery package for the EU in response to the unprecedented economic downturn caused by the pandemic. The first limb of the recovery package is the multi-annual...
View ArticleChancellor announces new Job Support Scheme
Almost exactly six months from the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in March 2020, the Government has today announced that it is introducing a new wage subsidy scheme, the...
View ArticleResumption of the social election procedures 2020: Are you ready? -...
After being suspended for more than five months because of the COVID-19-pandemic, the 2020 social elections procedures have resumed in the 7.000 companies concerned by these elections. Due to the...
View ArticleLawbite: New Year rent arrears resolution?
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1031/regulation/2/made Yesterday (24th...
View ArticleHigh Court distinguishes approach to costs of a freezing orders from other...
Bravo & Ors v Amerisur Resources Plc [2020] EWHC 2279 (QB) (19 March 2020) High Court orders interim payment on account in respect of costs of a freezing order application Facts of the case The...
View ArticleCoronavirus lockdown significantly increases fraud in financial markets in...
Following the COVID-19 related lockdown in the Netherlands, the number of reports and victims of fraud has significantly increased thereby increasing the market’s attention to fraud detection and...
View ArticleThings to think about when transferring member data overseas
It is now well over two years since trustees and sponsors were forced to become more familiar with data protection than they might have wanted to as a result of the need to comply with the General...
View ArticleCompliance Certificates | What you need to know
When selling your house there are various compliance certificates which you are required to obtain. These include an electrical compliance certificate, an entomologist/beetle/pest clearance...
View ArticleExtension of Government Support Loans - British Business Bank announce new...
Rishi Sunak confirmed on Thursday 24th September that the government support loans programme comprising CBILS and CLBILS will be extended until 30 November. Potentially of more interest and...
View ArticleFCA: Time to speak up'
The FCA has repeatedly highlighted its focus on conduct and culture; most recently, the regulator noted in its Annual Report its key priority of promoting and embedding healthy cultures as a means for...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Disparate gender impact - UK
Following on from our first briefing in this series considering the COVID-19 pandemic and diversity issues, Coronavirus: Dis...
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