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Over 50,000 Sign Up for UK Land Registry’s Free Property Alert Service

6th December 2016
More than 50,000 people have now signed up to Land Registry’s free Property Alert service. The service helps people to detect fraudulent activity on their property by sending them email alerts when there is certain activity on the property being monitored, such as a mortgage being taken out against it. The recipient can then decide whether they […]
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New Weapon Against the Shadow Economy: Tax Authorities To Receive VAT Information In Real Time

5th December 2016
Tieto and the Federation of Finnish Financial Services have presented an initiative on digitalized value-added tax (VAT) reporting. The new standard would allow companies to report VAT information faster and facilitate real-time reporting. Adopting a uniform standard could help to increase European tax revenues by up to EUR 160 billion a year. The new ISO […]
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MPs Demand Consumer Protection Against Unsafe Carbon Monoxide Alarms

2nd December 2016
A group of 31 MPs from across the political spectrum have called on the Government to protect consumers from unsafe carbon monoxide alarms, which fail to comply with the industry wide safety standard BS EN 50291.  A recent investigation by the consumer right group Which? found that many alarms bought in the UK, online, fail […]
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Bar Council Brexit Warning: Pan EU Judgment Regime Vital To UK Economy

30th November 2016
  The Bar Council has warned that the UK economy and London’s position as the leading centre for dispute resolution will suffer if Brexit negotiations do not ensure that UK court judgments are enforceable in EU Member States, once Britain leaves the European Union.   In written evidence to the Commons Justice Select Committee, published […]
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Solicitors Could Face £578 Million in Claims for Professional Negligence Following Leasehold Ground Rent Scandal

29th November 2016
There has been much media and parliamentary scrutiny recently of Taylor Wimpey’s policy to include 10-year doubling ground rents on new build leasehold properties. A number of Taylor Wimpey’s ex-customers are considering legal action against the conveyancing solicitors who acted on their behalf, as they feel conned by the lease terms and claim their properties […]
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Executives at Risk From New Liabilities & Anti-Corporate Litigation Culture, Allianz Warns

28th November 2016
New risks such as cyber incidents or data privacy, rising regulator and shareholder activism and the influence of third party litigation funders are putting corporate leaders under more pressure than ever of falling foul of investigations, fines or prosecution over alleged wrongdoing, says Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a leading provider of Directors and […]
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Bar Council Response to Tribunal Fee Reversal

25th November 2016
In October this year, fees for appeals in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal increased from £80 to £490 for a decision on papers, and from £140 to £800 for an oral hearing. This change represented a 500% increase in fees. The Government has today announced a reversal of that increase, with […]
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On-the-Job Training: the Key to Meeting Client Needs

25th November 2016
Increasingly within the self-employed economy, and amongst start-up and scale-up communities, businesses require a commercial adviser who really understands their business and can guide them through legal and commercial pitfalls, dot the I’s and cross the T’s on detailed legal drafting, and provide solutions. However, lawyers and professional services firms appear to be out of […]
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LPP Under Threat: Why it Matters

24th November 2016
Lawyers have become increasingly concerned that Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) is being undermined by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO): they are anxious that this fundamental common law right may become further diminished as the SFO increasingly challenges companies which claim LPP while under investigation. But are they right to be concerned, and if so, why […]
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In-House Legal Teams Want to Embrace Technology, but Face Internal Barriers to Investment

23rd November 2016
As the role of the in-house legal team continues to evolve towards being a trusted strategic adviser to business, a new report from Eversheds has found that GCs are facing significant barriers to making the most of the efficiencies and the productivity boost that technological innovation could provide. Lack of company buy-in to secure the […]
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