ArticleMerrill Lynch Receives Substantial Fine For Transaction Reporting FailuresWithout this discount, the fine would have been £49,320,000.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleRio Tinto Plc Fined £27 Million For DTR BreachesA brief summary of the facts is as follows.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleTribunal Offers Guidance On Third Party Rights And Supervisory NoticesOn 25 April 2018, the Upper Tribunal in UK Innovative TI Limited v Financial Conduct Authority [2018] UT 0136 (TCC) ruled on a novel third party rights case.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleCompany Voluntary Arrangements: The Remedy 'De Jour' For Insolvent TenantsIn the last month alone we have seen both the approval of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) by the creditors of Carpetright and reports in the property press that Poundworld...United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleCompany Voluntary Arrangements: The Remedy 'De Jour' For Insolvent TenantsIn the last month alone we have seen both the approval of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) by the creditors of Carpetright and reports in the property press that Poundworld...United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleBlockchain In Real EstateThe goal is to explore how a digital register might enable new business models to make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionMishcon de Reya LLP
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ArticleWhen A Piece Of Property Becomes A Piece Of DataWe are surrounded by digital technology in every aspect of our lives; whether we carry it in our pockets and bags, have it displayed ...United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleBe Curious - The Secret To Sustainable SuccessWe are in the middle of a revolution. A revolution that is shaping our expectations as consumers, as clients, as purchasers of products and services. United KingdomStrategyMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleHigh-Tech Fraud AlertOver the last few months, we have noticed an increasingly sophisticated use of technology both in the perpetration of frauds and also in attempts to conceal evidence of the fraud from any subsequent investigation. Prime examples include insiders (usually employees) at major financial institutions diverting funds through misuse of those institutions' own systems after weaknesses had been identified by the fraudsters. We have also seen attempts to erase data which would provide evidence of fraUnited KingdomStrategyMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleNestle: The Delights Of VAT Zero-RatingAlthough the Upper Tribunal's (UT's) judgment in Nestle [2018] UKUT 29 concerns the VAT treatment of milk flavouring powders (Nesquik), the interpretation ...United KingdomTaxMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleRequirement To Correct: Are You Affected?In the April issue of Tax Aware, we talked about the Requirement to Correct (RTC).United KingdomTaxMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleCryptocurrency And Blockchain Technology 101: What Is A Cryptocurrency?In a previous article, we explained what blockchain actually is. But what of its most famous iteration: cryptocurrency? United KingdomTechnologyMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleWhy ICOs Will Be The Next Big BangBelievers in a much more limited role for the state have been on the losing side of history more times than it is possible to count. United KingdomTechnologyMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleIranian Sanctions – The Fate Of The JCPOA (Continued)On 7 August 2018, following months of escalating tensions between the US and Iran over the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Trump administration re-imposed sanctions against IranUnited StatesInternational LawMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleUncertainty For Employers Looking To Recruit Overseas TalentThe Home Office has announced that from 6 July 2018 doctors and nurses will be removed from the capped quota for new workers coming to the UK requiring a Tier 2 (General) visa.United KingdomImmigrationMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleFirst Upper Tribunal Case On Third Party Rights Since MacrisIn the post-Macris world, the Upper Tribunal has in the case of a Mr Cooper delivered its first judgment on identification. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleThe Pitfalls Of Dispute Resolution In Multi-Party M&ADisputes arising from M&A and joint venture arrangements can be complex. Multiple parties and multiple contracts create many possible dispute combinations, even in situations where the parties...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleNon-UK Companies Dealing In UK Property To Become Subject To Corporation TaxFrom April 2020, non-UK resident companies that carry on a UK property business or have other income and gains derived from UK property will become chargeable to UK corporation tax.United KingdomTaxMishcon de Reya LLP
ArticleCrackdown On ‘Fully-Loaded' Media PlayersAs an advertising message, "Want to watch free films, series, sport without having to pay? Who doesn't?!" was clearly too good to be true.European UnionIntellectual PropertyMishcon de Reya LLP