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
On 4 March 2024, the second set of reforms to UK company law brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ("ECCTA") came into force. These introduce a major expansion of the powers of the Registrar...more
The Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld the decision of the First‑tier Tribunal (FTT) regarding the application of the UK’s salaried member rules (the Rules) to certain members of BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (BlueCrest),...more
Welcome to July’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen an interesting decision of the First-tier Tribunal on the salaried member rules as they apply to asset manager LLPs, a surprising decision on the terms...more
On 29 October 2021, the UK government introduced The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 20211 (the “Draft Regulations”), which would, once in force, amend the Companies Act of 2006...more
The Part A1 Moratorium is an insolvency process that was introduced by the Corporate Insolvency Governance Act 2020 to help financially distressed companies obtain temporary protection from creditor action, while the company...more
On March 17, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced an unprecedented £330 billion package, equivalent to 15% of UK gross domestic product, of government-backed and guaranteed loans to support businesses,...more
Welcome to the Tax Round Up, the first edition of what will be a regular bulletin highlighting the latest tax developments relevant to UK companies and asset managers. We plan to produce this monthly with the next one in...more
Is your business operating in the UK in “Limited Liability Partnership” (“LLP”) form? If so, it may be affected by a tax reform from 6th April 2014, requiring immediate compliance steps....more