ArticleMore VAT On Property? New Legislation Affecting CharitiesNew legislation could impose more VAT on charities that sell, assign or let buildings. United KingdomTaxCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleThe LDF: The Final CallThe Chancellor announced in the Budget today that the end of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) would be brought forward to the end of 2015, rather than 5 April 2016.United KingdomTaxCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleTax May Be Taxing, But No Tax May Be Even More Taxing! EU Competition Commissioner Hints At Potential State Aid Sanctions For Favourable Tax RulingsThe European Commission has given one of its clearest indications yet that it is seeking to clamp down on unfair tax breaks or ‘waivers’ for underpaying companies.United KingdomAntitrust/Competition LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleExtending Expired & Expiring PermissionsThe new Business and Planning Act 2020 introduces provisions to extend certain planning permissions which have recently expired or will expire this year in England. United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleThe "Someone Else" In Relationship Breakdown - The Tax ManIf the pandemic were not bad enough in itself, it is thought that divorce and dissolution rates will increase as strained personal and financial circumstances bring couples to tipping point.United KingdomTaxCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleThe Seven Month Itch – Is Mediation Working?There has been a notable decline in the number of cases involving children and financial matters going through the courts, since the introduction of Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMS).United KingdomFamily and MatrimonialCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleECJ Rules On Requirements For Distinctive Character Necessary To Protect "Gold Bunny" As A CTMAs a Community Trade Mark is a unitary right covering the whole of the EU as a single market, a trade mark which lacks distinctive character in part of the EU will be refused registration as a CTM.European UnionIntellectual PropertyCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleEuropean Court Rules That The EU Commission’s £33 Million Fines Against Dole For Sharing Price Information Were Not "Bananas"!This ruling is a powerful reminder to all businesses that you do not necessarily have to be outright fixing prices with competitors in order to meet with the sternest sanctions from the competition authorities.United KingdomAntitrust/Competition LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleFocus Antitrust - 21 May 2014Crédit Agricole, HSBC and JPMorgan may have breached Article 101 by colluding to influence the pricing of interest rate derivatives denominated in the euro currency.United KingdomAntitrust/Competition LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleFailure To Perform Not Covered By Exclusion ClauseA discussion on the interpretation of an exclusion clause incorporated in an agreement which ran from five years from 1 April 2007 but ended unhappily in July 2010 with claims and counterclaims as to who was entitled to terminate. United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleReligious Charities Update - Summer 2014Our aim is to provide informative updates in an accessible form on legal issues affecting religious charities.United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleSacked Vegan's Landmark Discrimination ClaimWhile this is the first ruling that veganism is a philosophical belief under the Equality Act, meaning that vegans are entitled to protection from discrimination because of this belief,...United KingdomEmployment and HRCharles Russell Speechlys
ArticleLand Promotion - An Alternative To Options?With the downturn in the property market, developers have been turning to medium or long-term strategic options in respect of land. United KingdomPrivacyCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleFocus Antitrust - 27 MayGeneral Court rules for the first time on the relationship between the standard procedure and the settlement procedure.United KingdomAntitrust/Competition LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleFocus Antitrust - Competition Weekly Email Alert - 4 September 2013A summary of the most recent antitrust-competition developments. United KingdomAntitrust/Competition LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
Article2015 AGM Season: A Pause For ReflectionIn our usual round up of issues for the AGM season, we pause to reflect on the impact of the fundamental changes made to the narrative reporting landscape which re-shaped last year’s directors’ and remuneration reports. United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleMeaning Of "Diligently", "Actively" And "Consent Not To Be Unreasonably Withheld"This case involved Acolyte Biomedica Limited which had developed a diagnostic assay used to detect MRSA. At the relevant time, the product had been fully approved for sale throughout the EU, but not the US or Canada.United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticlePrivacy For Beneficial Owners Of CompaniesFrom January 2016, UK companies incorporated under the Companies Acts will be required to obtain and hold a register of all persons who exercise "significant control" over the company.United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleEmployment Law Case Updates - July 2015If an employee fails to submit his/her claim to ACAS before filing the claim with the Tribunal, the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear the claim, however sympathetic it may feel to the employee's situation.United KingdomEmployment and HRCharles Russell Speechlys LLP
ArticleEmployment Law Reform - At Long Last Some DetailAfter many months of speculation, leaks and snippets of information, the Government’s formal response to the consultation on Resolving Workplace Disputes has finally been published. As well as the already disclosed increase to 2 years for the qualifying period. United KingdomEmployment and HRCharles Russell Speechlys LLP