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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
3 September 2024
I’m a celebrity…get me back here!
There have a been a string of high-profile celebrity bankruptcies over the decades from Kerry Katona, Joe Swash, Chris Eubank and, now, Katie Price. Not only were all the names on that list ex-contestants on the ITV hit show “I’m a Celebrity” but the common theme amongst them is that they were all bankrupted by HMRC for unpaid taxes.
27 August 2024
Get Onbord Limited - hocus pocus about locus?
The recent decision in Get Onbord Limited v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 617 (TC) provided some helpful guidance for taxpayers and HMRC on the First-tier Tribunal’s (“FTT”) approach to research and development (“R&D) claims and in particular, the levels of evidence that both parties need to provide.
13 August 2024
Bringing assets back into the estate: The recovery of misappropriated estate assets
There are an increasing number of cases before the courts concerning the misappropriation of estate assets. Typically, this involves assets being misappropriated by a beneficiary, family member, or personal representative following death, but may also concern assets which were misappropriated during the deceased’s lifetime.
8 August 2024
Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes (and that dishonesty should not be alleged without proper grounds)
It is a long-standing principle that fraud or dishonesty should not be alleged without proper grounds. Particular care needs to be taken by claimants to carefully assess the words used which are alleged to amount to a misrepresentation, and to differentiate between statements of opinion and fact to ensure that the claim is properly thought out and pleaded. Failure to do so may have serious consequences for a claim, and result in liability for costs.
5 August 2024
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q2 2024
This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period of April - June 2023.
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Claims against banks
- Costs Law
- Court of Protection Disputes
- Cross-border litigation
- Defamation, privacy & reputation
- Fraud
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Intellectual property claims
- Legal updates
- Litigation process
- Professional negligence
- Shareholder and Boardroom Disputes
- Wills, trusts and inheritance disputes