Jazz Shapers features interviews with business people who have broken the mould and achieved success in their fields alongside music from the category defining risk takers of jazz

Despite trusts being the traditional wealth and succession planning preference, family investment company ("FIC") structures are being increasingly used by individuals as an alternative.

There has been an extension of HMRC's powers for challenging offshore tax non-compliance with further proposals in the pipeline announced in last week's Budget.

On 1 April 2018, Land Transaction Tax (LTT) replaced Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) for properties purchased in Wales.

The UK Government is targeting existing property-owning companies with two important new tax charges.

Friday 6 July (so-called 'L-Day') saw the Government issue the eagerly awaited legislation and guidance regarding the taxation of gains from UK land for non-residents.

Cyber attacks are above the radar. They are making front page news, the government is taking them seriously, and almost every movie now features the use of hacking to steal data or funds.

There have been a number of cases in recent years regarding the relationship between Principals and ARs and it is also a recurring area of interest for the FCA.

In December 2017, the CJEU ruled that a supplier of luxury goods can prevent its authorised distributors - part of the supplier's selective distribution system ...

On 19 June 2018, the final text of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

As part of its digital single market strategy, the European Commission has published a series of papers setting out its commitment to protection of intellectual property rights in an effort ...

A recent case has confirmed what we have always advised, that ensuring equal pay for agency workers under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) ...

We are now a little over half way through the first year of the new gender pay gap reporting regime. By the end of October, with just five months of the reporting window remaining ...

The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), the UK's financial regulatory body, issued a warning this week about the threat from online investment fraud.

The terms 'cryptocurrency' and 'blockchain' are often used interchangeably by the general population.

A week is a long time in politics. This time last week No 10 were briefing the press on the aggressive tactics planned to be deployed (if needed) by UK Prime Minister Theresa May ...

Operating a business or brand under your own name is a fairly common practice, and a desire to tie a brand to their personality ...

New government guidance on cross-border flows of personal data is helpful, but serious questions remain unanswered.

The UK Gambling Commission takes a risk-based approach to regulation, focusing its resources on the issues that potentially present the greatest risk to the Commission's licensing objectives.

One problem is that PECR are now 15 years old – and in the digital context this is almost prehistoric law.