Neill Blundell
Macfarlanes LLP
Articles
HMRC announces more investigations into the “failure to prevent” tax evasion offence
United Kingdom - February 14 2020 HMRC has released an update on its investigations of the relatively new corporate criminal offence (CCO) of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax...
Contradictory sanctions regimes leave companies confused and exposed
USA, European Union - February 10 2020 A special report by the Financial Times has investigated the tensions faced by companies struggling to navigate overlapping and sometimes...
Fine by me: could a small sanction for a breach of the SFO’s Section 2 Notice fail to deter non-compliance?
United Kingdom - February 10 2020 At the end of January 2020, the UK courts convicted an individual of failing to comply with the terms of a “Section 2 Notice” issued under the...
Explain yourself: the Court of Appeal rejects the challenge to the first UWO
United Kingdom - February 5 2020 The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) issued in the UK, potentially paving the way for much...
The Magnificent Seven? The SFO agrees in principle to a DPA with Airbus
United Kingdom - January 28 2020 It is being reported that Airbus has agreed in principle to a deal with regulators in the UK, US and France to end long-running investigations into...
