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Tax Fraud Up 538% to £2.11 Billion in Last 15 Years

9th February 2018
The total value of fraud has risen 538% to £2.11bn in the last 15 years and is up 6.5% from £1.99bn in 2016, according to new research from BDO LLP. When it comes to type of fraud, BDO’s FraudTrack report found 550 cases of UK fraud were tax-related and the reported value of these cases […]
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Post-Brexit Family Law Has to Address Brussels (II Bis Regulation)

8th February 2018
Brexit raises many issues in almost every legal field and family law is certainly no exception. Alex Critchley is a Solicitor in the Family Law Team at Morton Fraser. He regularly advises on issues of international jurisdiction in family cases, and below discusses the potential prospects of family law post-Brexit. The term reciprocity will seem […]
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Should Pro Bono Legal Services Be Mandatory?

8th February 2018
Pro bono is derived from the Latin term pro bono publico which can be translated as ‘for the public good’. In a professional and legal capacity, lawyers provide free legal services to members of the public who are unable to pay. Below Francine Ryan, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at […]
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Deal or No Deal: UK Retailers’ Best and Worst Brexit Outcomes

7th February 2018
Below Alison Conley, Head of Retail & Consumer at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, explains some of the prospects for UK retailers at either side of the Brexit deal outcome. The sums at stake for retailers as a result of Brexit are huge. With the value of UK imports from the EU and the rest of the world […]
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Baby Milk Contaminated for Last Decade; How Will Regulators React?

7th February 2018
French dairy giant Lactalis recently reported that baby milk produced at its Craon factory could have been contaminated with salmonella for more than a decade. Last week the company said in a statement that Salmonella Agona was found in one of the baby milk drying towers at the north-western French plant. The same strain was […]
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#WednesdayWisdom: What Does ‘Taking Silk’ Actually Mean?

7th February 2018
Bringing Lawyer Monthly expert barrister knowledge every month with our #WednesdayWisdom, here Scott Haley, Family Practice Manager at One Pump Court, discusses the meaning and history behind ‘taking silk’. The award of Queen's Counsel is known informally as “taking silk”, which is why QC’s are often colloquially known as ‘silks’. An example of meritocracy at the Bar, […]
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Your Thoughts: Gender Pay Gap Issues

6th February 2018
Following an uproar on gender pay gaps in the BBC at the end of last year, former BBC China editor Carrie Grace said she was “very angry” about the treatment and unfairness towards female staff in the company. Unfortunately, this is a situation mirrored far and wide, in both small and large companies. One of […]
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15.5% Repatriation Tax for US Citizens Living Abroad with Interests in Non-US Companies

6th February 2018
One of the major provisions of the US Tax Reform forced large US companies like Apple and Google to pay a sizable tax on profits they held outside the US in their foreign subsidiaries (called CFC –controlled foreign corporations). Under the reform, all profits of these CFCs that accumulated between 1986 through December 31, 2017 […]
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Will Sharia Marriage Be Recognised by Law?

5th February 2018
A review ordered by the government concluded that Muslim couples who marry in Sharia ceremonies should be required to have a civil marriage, as well as an Islamic ceremony in order to give women protection under the law The recent independent review of sharia councils stated that undergoing a civil marriage as well as a […]
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The Great Legal Bake 2018 Kicks Off Next Week

5th February 2018
The Great British Bake Off may be over but the Great Legal Bake is just around the corner. This 12-16th February, hundreds of law firms, chambers, courts and legal advice centres will bake to raise funds for access to justice. Almost 250 organisations are already signed up to bake for justice across the UK. All […]
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