On this put up, Jack Prytherch, Of Counsel within the Tax staff at CMS, previews the case of Information Corp UK & Eire Restricted v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Income and Customswhich is scheduled to be heard on 22 and 23 November 2022. The Supreme Courtroom will think about whether or not the Courtroom of […]
Continue ReadingThe Scottish Authorities drafted a Scottish Independence Referendum Invoice which makes provision for a referendum on the query, “Ought to Scotland be an unbiased nation?”. Underneath the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Scotland Act”), the facility of the Scottish Parliament to make laws (or its “legislative competence”) is proscribed. A provision of a Invoice shall be […]
Continue ReadingOn enchantment from: [2020] EWCA Civ 1440 In 1967, planning permission was granted (the 1967 Permission) for a big housing property of 401 dwellings in Snowdonia Nationwide Park (the Web site). The authorised plan (the Grasp Plan) recognized the proposed location of every home and the highway system for the property. The appellant is the […]
Continue Reading(Adds Broadcom comment, detail in paragraphs 7,8) By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) – US chipmaker Broadcom secured EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware after offering remedies to help rival Marvell Technology . The deal, Broadcom’s largest ever, will help the chipmaker diversify […]
Continue ReadingIn this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21. Overview The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] […]
Continue ReadingSection 43(5) and (6)(a) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the LGFA”) provides for a mandatory 80% relief from business rates where “the ratepayer is a charity or trustees for a charity” and the premises are “wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes (whether of that charity or of that and other charities)”. In […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th April the Court will hear the case of Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and anotheron appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 952. The Court will consider whether the CAC’s refusal to accept the Union’s application to be recognized by Deliveroo for collective bargaining interfere with […]
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The age to legally drive a golf cart in Florida will officially be going up in October. Currently, golf carts can be driven by anyone 14 years old or older. The bill would raise the age to 15 and further requires that a person operating it to have a valid learner’s driver’s […]
Continue ReadingOn appeal from: [2021] CSHI 29 This appeal concerns whether the appellant (trading as Moulsdale Properties) should have charged value added tax (“VAT”) on the sale price of a property which he sold to a purchaser who had no connection to him in September 2014. Sales of land and buildings are generally exempt from VAT […]
Continue Reading“Pay now, argue later” is ultimately the decision of the Supreme Court in Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd. Lord Hamblen (with whom Lord Hodge, Lord Kitchin and Lord Sales agreed) gave the majority opinion of the court, with Lord Briggs dissenting. In this post, Sophie Campbell, as Associate in […]
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