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New guidance on valuing reverse charges on intercompany transactions within partly exempt VAT groups

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • December 12 2012

HMRC has recently released new guidance on the application of a targeted anti-avoidance measure designed to remove VAT-free treatment for supplies into the UK from overseas members of partly exempt VAT groups

Signs of spring at the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office: challenges, changes, and the impact on global anti-corruption compliance

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 22 2013

Despite regular criticism over the past several years from commentators in both the U.K. and the U.S. with respect to its core competency and

Post-termination restrictions in unsigned contract were binding on employee

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 21 2012

The High Court has held that an employee was bound by the terms of an unsigned contract of employment (including, crucially, its post-termination restrictions) because his acceptance of the contract could be inferred through his conduct: he had applied for some benefits which were only available under the unsigned contract

No recovery for VAT on takeover deal fees

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 29 2013

The UK Court of Appeal has held in the case of BAA plc that VAT on a holding company's deal fees for acquiring target company shares is not

Industrial action contingency planning

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 2 2012

In our March 2012 edition of this newsletter, we explored how UK employers can prepare for the threat of strike action, looking at some recent disputes and resulting court guidance

Religion or belief in the workplace: EHRC guidance following Eweida and others v United Kingdom

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a short guide for employers dealing with religion and belief in the workplace, following the

PILON clause: employment did not terminate until payment made and employee notified of exercise of payment in lieu clause

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The Supreme Court has held that a termination was not effective when the employee was notified that he was being dismissed with immediate effect or

Consultation on the transposition of the Falsified Medicines Directive into UK legislation

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 19 2012

The MHRA is currently running a consultation process that invites views on the implementation of Directive 201162EU ("Falsified Medicines Directive") into UK law

The global employer: the social media issue

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • September 25 2012

Social media is changing the way that we communicate, work and do business, wherever we are in the world

Employee competition:springboard injunctions, fiduciary duties and obligations of confidentiality to prospective employer

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 1 2012

In the first of 2 cases on a similar theme, we report this week on a decision of the High Court to grant a springboard injunction preventing three employees from joining a potential competitor on the basis of evidence that they had breached their duties of confidentiality and fidelity during their employment