What do overseas entitles dealing with UK property have to have on their radar right now? The main thing may well be complying with the updating duty under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022....more
The transitional period for the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 will end on 31 January. This is in eleven days’ time. Read on to find out what this means in practice for overseas entities dealing with...more
When the UK government pushed the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act through Parliament at breakneck speed earlier this year, it always made clear that it had plans for a second, complimentary piece of...more
After some years in the making, the UK register for overseas entities finally opened at Companies House on Monday 1 August 2022. Overseas entities that own registered land in the UK are now required to register at Companies...more
Trustees holding UK real estate must generally register the trust with HMRC following the extension of the Trust Registration Service. The TRS was launched in 2017 by the UK government as part of its implementation of the...more
The Economic Crime Act, which received Royal Assent on 15 March 2022, will require overseas entities that are owners or leaseholders of land in the UK to register at Companies House and provide information about their...more
As long ago as 2015, then Prime Minister David Cameron announced his determination to tackle “dirty money” in UK property. A lot of water has flowed under the political bridge since then but the invasion of Ukraine by Russian...more