Peter Vaines puts HMRC in the dock & expects the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth
Getting personal: Peter Vaines reports on IR35 personal service companies
In his roundup of the latest tax cases, Peter Vaines minds the GAAP, & ponders the difference between a car & a van
One size fits none. In the pursuit of compliance, HMRC has chosen to treat everyone like a tax cheat, says Peter Vaines
Peter Vaines , tax guru & part-time bard, tackles the latest cases hitting the tax headlines, from over-reliance on residence to unlikely costs awards
Peter Vaines reflects on some good jokes but little else of substance in the Chancellor’s recent announcements
Peter Vaines discusses principles, stale discoveries & the downside of holiday property lets
Peter Vaines reports on the latest news from the world of tax
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach
Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office
Farrer & Co—Richard Lane
Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner
Bird & Bird—Sue McLean
Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner
NEWS
What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection?
Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?
When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ
When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
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