Netherlands eyes UK's EU court role
Future of unitary patent and Unified Patent Court unclear after Brexit vote.
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‘Disgraceful’ family solicitor sentenced over income tax fraud
Dianna Gerald, also known as Dianna Lee, ‘wholly unsuitable to be a solicitor’ judge says.
New law to introduce ‘failure to prevent’ offence
Draft criminal finance bill set to be introduced following attorney general speech.
Wales levies first tax in 800 years
Land transaction tax will be payable on the purchase or lease of a building or land in Wales over a certain value.
News focus: corruption and cooperation
The Serious Fraud Office believes deferred prosecution agreements could work ‘even in the most serious cases of financial misconduct’.
Litigation fund backs public interest cases
Woodsford Litigation Funding has become the first partner of venture to fund test cases.
SFO charges Tesco trio
Three former executives charged with false accounting.
Nepal torture acquittal raises universal jurisdiction fears
Prosecutors should not be deterred from bringing war crimes cases, solicitors say.
HMRC needs crack legal team and MoJ oversight – Labour
Labour party report calls for radical overhaul of the tax authority that would see it come within the remit of the MoJ or a panel of retired judges.
Give bereaved families legal aid for representation at inquests – chief coroner
HH Judge Peter Thornton QC says unnecessary inquests for DoLS deaths should also be removed.