Geoff Hussey, Nick South and Varuni Paranavitane, of AA Thornton, write on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. It is now around two years since the UK voted to leave the EU in a referendum, and around 9 months until it does in fact leave. Precisely how the UK will exit the EU […]
Last month, the European Parliament once again strengthened its fight against financial crime and money laundering across the 28 member states with the introduction of the 5th Money Laundering Directive (5MLD). The directive, which feeds into the European Parliament’s wider plan to combat money laundering and terrorist financing across the continent, could directly impact law […]
From Australia to the UK, Trudi Charles has travelled the globe, sharing her legal knowledge as she goes. As Associate General Counsel for the internationally renowned BP, she shares how her and her team worked towards BP achieving their highest fiscal results for three years, what surprised her about the company and what the in-house […]
If you were not aware of him before, you definitely are aware of him now: Harvey Weinstein – who has been charged with rape, a criminal sex act, sexual abuse and sexual misconduct for cases involving two women - has been plastered all over the papers over the past several months. And even though innocent […]
Chris DeConti, Executive Vice President, Global Solutions, at Axiom, the leading alternative legal services provider, offers insights into the changing structure of legal services for Lawyer Monthly, and what emerging trends will create a more perfect future for the legal sphere and its clients. In economics, a perfect market is one with transparency and perfect […]
Media is rife that Nirav Modi, an Indian billionaire jeweller, has fled India and is now seeking political asylum in the UK, following allegations of a gigantic fraud. Below Rahul Batra of Hudson McKenzie explains how this has led to a chain of similar cases and developed a form of ‘Quit India Movement’ with a […]
UK taxpayers who fail to disclose offshore income or gains, either by failing to notify HMRC of their chargeability to UK tax, failing to deliver a tax return or by submission of an incorrect tax return will face imprisonment and swingeing penalties say leading accounting, tax and advisory practice Blick Rothenberg. Gary Gardner, a partner […]
New figures from the “Barristers’ Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying” report, released by the Bar Council, indicate that reports of harassment or bullying and discrimination within the barristers’ profession, as well as reports of observations of harassment or bullying and discrimination, have increased in comparison with previous years. Among other findings, the survey reveals […]
As the deadline for the Package Travel Directive (PTD) fast approaches on 1 July, Rajeev Shaunak, head of travel & tourism at accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson, shares ten top tips to ensure compliance. The new package travel regulations will be the biggest change to the system since the regulations were first implemented 25 years […]
There has been plenty of concern raised about the NHS over the past few years, with the latest headline warning that NHS England is treating too many patients as an emergency. Is it all bad for the organisation though? Join Tilly Bailey & Irvine Law Firm, experts in hospital negligence claims, as they weigh up […]
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