Salaried Members Rules - Limited liability partnerships or "LLPs" are common corporate vehicles utilised by the financial services sector to establish UK investment management operations and other financial businesses and,...more
The City of London Law Society Financial Law Committee (FLC) has issued a note to guide parties and their legal advisors on executing legal assignments under section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) in view of...more
Foreword - Despite a challenging macro-economic backdrop, the United Kingdom continues to thrive as one of the world’s leading global financial centres. As a location for business and investment, the UK provides a number...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2024 on 30 October 2024. The Budget was the first to be delivered by the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, following the election of the Labour...more
The attractiveness of the United Kingdom as a business location is unabated. There are many advantages to doing business in the UK. Investors can draw on a skilled workforce and access a large market; costs of labour and...more
Background - On 26 October 2023, the United Kingdom (“UK”) Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) received Royal Assent. The Act aims to reform Companies House and increase the transparency of UK...more
BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP v HMRC [2022] UKFTT 204 (TC) is the first case considering the UK salaried members rules under ss 863A – 836G Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (the “Salaried Members...more
The recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) in BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP v HMRC (29 June 2022) is the first time the UK’s salaried member rules (the Rules) have been considered in the context of an asset...more
Companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) “with the greatest economic and environmental impact” are now subject to the legal requirement to assess their climate risks and disclose climate-related financial...more
The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 ("the Regulations") came into force on April 6, 2022. The Regulations amend the Companies Act 2006 and largely implement the...more
A draft of “The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2021” (the “Regulations”) was released by the U.K. government on October 28, 2021, which requires climate-related financial...more
The Court of Appeal has confirmed, if confirmation were needed, that no term may be implied into an agreement where that implied term conflicts with the express wording of that agreement, even if the result may seem harsh:...more
UK COVID-19 Developments - Furlough not detrimental to EMI options held on 19 March 2020 - On 26 June, the government introduced a new provision into the Finance Bill that provides that the period during which an...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2020 on 11 March 2020. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop that very few people could have anticipated at the commencement of the year....more
The PSC regime is not new, having created obligations on UK limited companies and UK LLPs (LLP) to maintain a register of persons with significant control (PSC) since June 2016. What is new, and is of significance to private...more
Important reforms designed to increase the transparency of the ownership and control of UK companies and English law LLPs were introduced in the UK on 6 April 2016. Among the most significant of these was a requirement for UK...more
From 6 April 2016, UK companies have been required to maintain a register of persons with significant control over them (a “PSC register”). This requirement is intended to increase the transparency of corporate ownership, by...more
This week, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive came into force in the UK. Among the changes arising from the transposition of the Directive in the UK has been to broaden the "persons with significant control" (PSC)...more
In April last year, the UK Government introduced changes to the Companies Act 2006 requiring most companies and LLPs to produce, keep and maintain a register of any people or relevant legal entities that have significant...more
Under new rules that came into effect in the UK on 6 April 2017, certain large companies and large limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will be required to regularly publish public reports on their payment practices and...more
The long awaited changes to the 1907 Limited Partnerships Act (the Act) will finally arrive on 6 April, despite the UK government initially opting to delay implementation until the results of the consultation into Scottish...more