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Supreme Court clarifies VAT group rules in Prudential v HMRC
Waqar Shah
14 October 2019
Fast-track electronic evidence gathering from overseas – One step closer
On 3 October 2019 the Home Secretary announced that the UK and US had signed an historic agreement that will enable UK law enforcement agencies to demand direct access to electronic data from US tech firms - the UK-US Bilateral Data Access Agreement.
11 October 2019
The Corporate Offence of Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion: Two years on
Do you remember the fallout from the Panama Papers? Do you remember HMRC’s response pledging to prosecute 100 wealthy individuals and corporates per year by 2020? Do you remember the new corporate offence of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion announced with much fanfare as part of the Criminal Finance Act 2017?
24 September 2019
Fresher's Week - A parent's perspective on an essential discussion about rape and navigating consent
As my children headed off to university last week, I gave them each several boxes of
condoms, unwilling to leave to chance the possibility that beer would be
prioritised in their weekly budget.
We also had The Conversation about sex, consent and respect, which for me is not simply born out of parental concern (I have a son and a daughter) but is also heavily influenced by my professional life, since I am a criminal defence lawyer specialising in cases of sexual misconduct, harassment, rape, revenge porn and stealthing, often involving young people.
20 September 2019
AML: HMRC flexes enforcement muscle to the tune of £7.8 million
In September 2019, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published its list of businesses that have not complied with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017) for the tax year 2019 to 2020. Within this, it revealed that it has fined Touma Foreign Exchange Ltd £7.8 million for a wide range of serious failures under the Money Laundering Regulations.
13 September 2019
'Flipping defendants' – a new emphasis or a recycled aim?
In the fight against global economic crime, the authorities have repeatedly advocated their desire to seek the assistance of those who have participated in, or have information concerning, criminal wrongdoing. They do so in a number of ways: through the help of whistleblowers, informants, suspects or defendants testifying in court and the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs).
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