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Legislation round-up

19 February 2009
Issue: 7357 / Categories: Legislation , Company , Regulatory , Other practice areas
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Legislation news update

Gives legislative effect to 16 Extra-statutory Concessions (ESCs) relating to subsistence expenses, disposals, close company shares, roll-over relief, private residence relief, employee trusts, artworks, awards, oil allowance, spirits contained in flavourings, and value of imported goods. The House of Lords’ decision in R v HM Commissioners of Inland Revenue exp Wilkinson [2005] UKHL 30 (the Wilkinson case) made clear that the scope of HM Revenue & Customs’ administrative discretion to make concessions that depart from the strict statutory position is not as wide as previously thought.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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