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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its ‘Counter Fraud Strategy 2026–2030’, setting out its approach to preventing, detecting and responding...
Ofcom has fined the provider of Xgroovy.com £700,000 for failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) to use highly...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a Decision Notice proposing to prohibit Daniel Thomas from working in financial services and impose a...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that Matthew Pickard, Stephen Greenaway and Paul Laver, former directors of Ethical Forestry Ltd, have...
Common assault and batteryThe offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An...
AffrayAffray is an offence created by the Public Order Act 1986 (POA 1986). It can be tried in either the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. The...
Self defenceSelf defenceSelf defence is an absolute defence based on the evidence which can apply in crimes committed by force. Section 76 of the...
Assault occasioning actual bodily harmThe offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in...
How to identify when a commission might become a bribeCommissions constitute the giving of a financial advantage. Not all commissions will be bribes. The most common occurrence of a commission is where an advantage is paid by a seller or purchaser to a third party or fiduciary for facilitating or
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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