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Legal Costs of Defending Director Not Tax Deductible

Posted11 December 2017

To what extent are the costs of professional advice given to a director tax deductible by the company that he or she serves? A tribunal tackled that thorny issue in...

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

Posted8 December 2017

When a contract is breached and one party suffers a loss as a result, they are normally entitled to be compensated for their loss by the party that has breached...

HMRC Fail in IHT Challenge on Livery

Posted7 December 2017

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have challenged a number of property-based trading businesses, seeking to deprive them of the Inheritance Tax (IHT) and Capital Gains Tax advantages that are normally...

Employment Status – Uber Must Take its Case to the Court of Appeal

Posted6 December 2017

After the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the decision of the Employment Tribunal that Uber drivers are workers, rather than being self-employed, and thus have the right to be paid the...

Part-Time Workers and Discrimination

Posted5 December 2017

The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (PTWR), which came into force on 1 July 2000, established a minimum standard of fairness for part-timers so that they...

Flat Tenants – Taking Over Management Can Be a Legal Minefield

Posted4 December 2017

Most leaseholders would like to obtain the right to manage their own premises. However, as one tribunal case shows, there are many potential pitfalls, so seeking professional legal advice is...