Posted: 29 August
What is it? The UK Trust Registration Service (‘TRS’) is a register of the beneficial ownership of trusts. The service, first introduced in 2017, is aimed at tackling money laundering, serious crime and terrorist financing. The 2017 TRS only...
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Posted: 23 August
What is the objective? The 30th June 2022 saw the introduction of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022. Effectively, ‘banning’ ground rent on new residential leases, in England and Wales. In an attempt, to free leaseholders of the...
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Posted: 23 August
“Barring Orders” Barring Orders can be made by the Family Court, within Children Act Proceedings, in order to stop applications being brought to Court in the future. Bringing further applications requires permission of the court during the life of...
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Posted: 22 August
The Official Secrets Act 1911-1989 (OSA) provides the main legal protection in the UK against espionage and the unauthorised disclosure of official information. The OSA 1989 makes it an offence for members and former members of the security and...
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Posted: 16 August
Following on from my previous blog concerning the first half of the Police Conduct Regulations up until the stage a Complaint Notice was received by an Officer, I have put together a summary of the next stages of the...
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Posted: 11 August
The Health and Safety Executive has published advice in relation to working in extreme heat that the UK is currently experiencing. We set out below the headlines and duties of both an employee and employer. Rights of an...
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Posted: 27 July
Introduction Many professional occupations have schemes in place to regulate conduct and discipline procedures – barristers, solicitors, doctors, nurses, teachers and the police to name but a few. In broad terms the aim of the procedures is not to...
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Posted: 18 July
Non-fatal Work-Related Injuries In Great Britain, statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive show that in 2020/21 there were 1.7 million workers who suffered from a work-related illness. This includes: 822,000 workers that suffered from work-related stress, depression,...
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Posted: 14 July
HMRC Recent Figures…. It was recently revealed by the HM Revenue & Customs that Inheritance Tax receipts during April 2022 totalled an eye-watering £0.5 billion. This is £10 million higher than during the same period in 2021. This soar...
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Posted: 06 July
April 6th 2022 saw the long-awaited introduction of a ‘no-fault’ divorce, dispensing with the use of the five known facts, establishing irretrievable breakdown, and removing the ability to make allegations about your spouse’s conduct. For the first time it...
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