Rahman Ravelli | United Kingdom | 7 Oct 2021
The Economic Crime (Anti-Money Laundering) Levy has been proposed by HM Treasury as a new charge for professional firms and financial institutions…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 22 Jul 2021
The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) has issued new guidance for professional accountants on the boundaries of professional and…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 5 Apr 2020
It may come as a surprise to learn that anyone can use the title accountant without having any formal qualification or membership of a professional…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 1 Apr 2019
Social media has introduced to professionals a global platform for promoting services to an ever-growing audience in order to network and reach out…
Reed Smith LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Nov 2018
Revised guidance issued by ICAEW on 23 May 2018 includes details of where exactly in an audit report the disclaimer should be placed. It also provides…
Reed Smith LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Nov 2018
A national-level review backed by the Audit Quality Forum, the FRC and the ICAEW, and which has the support of the Department for Business, Energy and…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 31 Oct 2018
In 2017 the ICAEW and ICAS suggested that an upstream or cross-stream guarantee might amount to a distribution of profits unless a fee was payable in…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 19 Oct 2018
This week marks the first anniversary of the start of #metoo movement. The last 12 months have seen a seemingly unabating global conversation about…
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | United Kingdom | 26 Jun 2018
The Law Society has issued guidance on the legal implications of intra-group guarantees and intra-group loans in response to a paper produced by the…
Macfarlanes LLP | United Kingdom | 15 Jun 2018
The Law Society and the City of London Law Society (CLLS) have published two joint notes on whether certain transactions would qualify as…