Articles - DAC Beachcroft

Articles

February 2015

The Financial Reporting Council round-up

The Financial Reporting Council round-up

We report today on insurance issues for accountants in relation to FRC investigations. We set out below some recent developments at the FRC which may ...

HMRC's tax avoidance campaign – accelerated payment notices continue

HMRC's tax avoidance campaign – accelerated payment notices continue

In a regular feature, we set out the latest developments in HMRC's campaign against tax avoidance.

Standard of care and loss of a chance

Standard of care and loss of a chance

A recent decision in the High Court case of Altus Group (UK) Ltd [2015] has provided useful guidance for accountancy firms on both the standard of car ...

The 'Google' Diverted Profits Tax

The 'Google' Diverted Profits Tax

HM Government's new anti-avoidance proposal, in the form of the so-called ‘Google tax’ (formally known as Diverted Profits Tax (DPT)) encapsulated in ...

Scope of duty and the corporate veil

Scope of duty and the corporate veil

Our alert published last year (click here for more details) recorded a first instance decision concerning accountants' scope of duty. Because of their ...

The Financial Reporting Council – insurance issues

The Financial Reporting Council – insurance issues

The Financial Reporting Council has a number of functions in respect of the financial professions, and these include acting as the independent discipl ...

For in-house counsel

For in-house counsel

For in-house counsel: costs changing behaviour in litigation – Part 36, court fees and refusal to mediate.

Enforced Subject access requests illegal from 10th March

Enforced Subject access requests illegal from 10th March

It has been announced that on 10th March 2015 the Data Protection Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 (SI 2015/312), which will implement section ...

Insurance Act 2015 on the statute books today! February 2015

Insurance Act 2015 on the statute books today! February 2015

The Insurance Act 2015 received royal assent today. From 12 August 2016, when the 2015 Act comes into force, the law will change in relation to busine ...

A BIBA Brokers' Guide to Key Legal Developments

A BIBA Brokers' Guide to Key Legal Developments

For most of the legal developments in 2014, the crunch is still to come. We are in a transition phase for the new consumer credit regime, the Insuranc ...