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How PISCES works PISCES is a new UK trading mechanism designed to allow private companies to hold regulated, time‑limited windows in...

Background The Scheme’s liabilities were secured by way of a buy-in policy. The policy was then reinsured back‑to‑back with a captive...

As employment practices evolve, landed estates may benefit from reconsidering their approach to funding retirement accommodation, and...

Key Points The Pension Schemes Bill (2025) is the legislative vehicle for the Virgin Media remediation provisions, which will take effect...

What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is a digital asset recorded on decentralised networks built on blockchain technology. It enables...

Like a Spring garden, pension developments are growing apace: the Pension Schemes Bill is moving rapidly through Parliament and Royal...

1. A new UK Crypto regulatory regime The UK is introducing a formal regulatory regime for crypto assets under the Financial Services and...

Following the service of a statutory demand on Versilia Solutions Ltd for invoice debts amounting to some $1.5m which was only satisfied...

Clarissa Levi, Wedlake Bell’s Art & Heritage Counsel, and Richard Harwood KC of 39 Essex Chambers present a podcast focusing on cultural...

After several years of turbulence, the UK’s economic and political landscape is showing signs of stabilising. While uncertainties remain...

HMRC, presented a winding up petition in respect of £1,104,015 for unpaid tax. HMRC relied on service at the default address given on the...

The UK’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme is tightening up, and from 25 February 2026, failing to travel with the right...

Against a backdrop of global political and economic uncertainty, and despite significant recent changes to the UK’s tax regime for...

In our November 2025 edition of Globally Speaking, we explained that the UK Budget on 26 November 2025 included an unexpected...

The matter came on appeal before Sir Anthony Mann, sitting as a High Court Judge, who upheld her decision (Webb & Anor v Eversholt Rail...

High Value Council Tax Surcharge For many years, the UK stood apart from our European neighbours by not imposing an annual property tax...