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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
20 June 2017
Accountant’s participation in a charity tax avoidance scheme leads to a 10 year ban by the Financial Reporting Council
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has banned and fined an ICAEW member for his role in a £46m tax avoidance scheme involving the Cup Trust. Mr Mehigan, who was a director of the corporate trustee of the charity, has been excluded from membership of ICAEW for 10 years.
25 May 2017
The slow death of the criminal standard in professional disciplinary proceedings
“Fairness is a constantly evolving concept. Hawkins J (Memoirs, chapter IV) recalled a defendant convicted of theft at the Old Bailey in the 1840s after a trial which lasted 2 minutes 53 seconds, including a terse jury direction: "Gentlemen, I suppose you have no doubt? I have none". Until 1898 a defendant could not generally testify on his own behalf. Such practices could not bear scrutiny today. But it is important to recognise that standards and perceptions of fairness may change, not only from one century to another but also, sometimes, from one decade to another.” Lord Bingham, R v H, R v C [2004] UKHL 3.
22 May 2017
Is amending the allegation at a late stage always prohibited?
PSA v HCPC & Doree [2017] EWCA Civ 319
15 May 2017
A ‘deep-seated attitudinal problem’ could be the difference between a suspension and a strike-off
PSA v NMC & Judge [2017] EWHC 817 (Admin)
30 March 2017
The Great Repeal Bill and the regulation of law firms
We are still a long way from the finish line but at least with the publication of the Great Repeal Bill: White Paper (“the White Paper”) we have some clarity about the future course of UK domestic law. This blog by Iain Miller is directed at the position in relation to the regulation of law firms.