All articles by Michael Cross – Page 102
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NewsStrict liability offence for offshore tax evasion
Chief secretary to Treasury says ‘enablers’ will face same penalties as evaders – and be publicly named.
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NewsBudget 2015: new penalties for professionals assisting tax evasion
Chancellor’s budget speech also confirms government pressing ahead with anti-avoidance measures, including ‘Google tax’.
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NewsSociety condemns new tax avoidance penalties
Tax law committee says it has ‘fundamental misgivings’ about proposals on ‘serial users of tax avoidance schemes’.
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NewsGrayling backs Leveson proposals
Lord chancellor ‘keen to make rapid progress’ on criminal justice efficiency.
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NewsEU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group
Campaigners for reform claim calculation shows definitive figure.
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NewsTop QC defends ‘vital role’ of UK Human Rights Act
Dinah Rose QC cautions the Conservative party against its plan to replace the act with a ‘British bill of rights’.
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NewsSummit: client communications ‘routinely intercepted’
Government snooping threatening the most cherished of human rights.
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OpinionAt Waterloo, the Code Napoleon didn’t surrender
Boney’s gay justice minister deserves to be better known in the common law world.
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NewsSummit: I'm proud of you, Grayling tells sector
Lord chancellor promises to do everything he can to help legal sector to thrive.
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NewsSRA taken to task over perceived City bias
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said it had been placed in ‘a most unsatisfactory position’ by the regulator.
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Opinion‘He was articled to his father’
A century on, the Gazette's monthly Roll of Honour tells a poignant tale.
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NewsBSB wants to surrender powers on pupillages
Chambers and employers best placed to design the pupillage experience, says Bar Standards Board.
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NewsGovernment ‘admits lawyer snooping unlawful’
Legal representative bodies say breach of professional privilege fundamentally unacceptable.
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NewsPI giant moves in to conveyancing
National Accident Helpline operator buys online lead generator.
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NewsAnonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims
Court of Appeal rules claimants in PI and medical injury approval hearings should be anonymous unless there is good reason for identifying them.
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NewsProfits slip as reforms hit Irwin Mitchell
Expanding ABS blames law reform and continued investment for lower pre-tax profits.
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NewsJudges bemoan working conditions
Salaries and pensions were a source of discontent in first official survey of attitudes.
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OpinionStand up for tax lawyers
Believers in the rule of law should celebrate its use to dodge tax.
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NewsAlarm at plan to relax separate business rule
Law Society warns SRA proposals will increase number of unregulated firms to the detriment of consumers.