24 Apr, 2024 Juggling the political "hot potato" - cohabiting couples on separation By Sean Hilton There are now 3.6 million people in the UK who are cohabiting without choosing to marry or enter into a civil partnership. Inevitably...
24 Apr, 2024 IFS calls on the government to scrap or cap fundamental IHT reliefs to raise revenue By Rosie Todd The Institute for Fiscal Studies published an article last week which highlighted three IHT reliefs it believes should be targeted to...
12 Apr, 2024 Out with the new, in with the old – FPO 2024 reverses changes to thresholds for financial promotion exemptions By Daniel Keleghan The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 sets out exemptions from the restriction on communicating...
09 Apr, 2024 Plugging the leak: proposed new UK import levies on carbon intensive products By Jeremy Kelly George Harrington The UK government has proposed introducing new levies on the imports of certain carbon-intensive products to level the playing field...
28 Mar, 2024 FAQs: How will the significant immigration changes to sponsorship affect your business? By Kerry Garcia The Home Office recently published the latest Statement of Changes. Running to nearly 300 pages, these set out the details of some of the...
28 Mar, 2024 Corporate non-financial reporting: what’s next? By Megan Manganaro There is a growing sense that regulatory requirements on businesses is burdensome, especially for small businesses. However, good news is...
27 Mar, 2024 The undoing of PACCAR: Hope on the horizon for litigation funding By Michael Frisby The government has moved fast following its announcement on 4 March 2024 that it would move to overturn the effects of the Supreme...
25 Mar, 2024 Britain's got Claimants... the value of lost opportunity By Olivia Bishop A disgruntled Britain’s Got Talent applicant, whose audition was cancelled in 2020, is trying to sue the programme makers Freemantle...
20 Mar, 2024 Positive news for Prezzo By Samantha Uzzell A corporate “restructuring” really can be good for business: since Prezzo’s Part 26A restructuring plan was sanctioned by the court on 5...
19 Mar, 2024 Forthcoming changes to sponsorship - impact on requesting and issuing Certificates of Sponsorship By Kerry Garcia Significant changes to the Immigration Rules in relation to sponsoring non-UK/non-Irish nationals come into effect from 4 April 2024....
19 Mar, 2024 Reflecting on the Legal Business Corporate M&A Summit 2024 By Jenny Robertson Last week Stevens & Bolton sponsored the Legal Business Corporate and M&A Summit 2024 and hosted a panel on developing and implementing a...
18 Mar, 2024 Revised Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is approved By Catherine Sellars The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) received backing from the European Council in a vote on 15 March. The vote...