Search Results for: UK law firms
Online abuse and cyber crime bill introduced by MP
March 9th, 2016
A bill to tackle online abuse and cyber crime is being introduced by Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts. It aims to make it an offence to post content that is discriminatory, threatening and causes distress. Internet service providers ...
How Six Brokers Walked Free After Unraveling of U.K. Libor Case
February 9th, 2016
Witnesses fail to convince, jury acquits local defendants Loss in complex case seen a major setback for regulators The first signs of trouble for prosecutors came about three weeks into the trial. Their witness was a government investigator called ...
EY launches fintech secondment programme for startups
February 4th, 2016
EY and Innovate Finance – the world’s largest membership association for FinTech, today announced the launch of a FinTech secondment programme. As the only Big Four member of Innovate Finance, EY will second members of staff into Innovate Finance ...
Osborne: India to liberalise legal services
January 25th, 2016
George Osborne today announced a raft of trade deals with his counterpart in India that include opening up the country’s legal market to foreign lawyers. The chancellor and Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have reached a number of agreements ...
Google tax deal labelled ‘derisory’, as criticism grows
January 25th, 2016
An agreement for US firm Google to pay £130m in UK back taxes has been labelled as “derisory” and a “sweetheart deal” by critics. The payment covers money owed since 2005 and follows a six-year inquiry by Her Majesty’s ...
Herbert Smith Freehills named most trusted legal adviser to FTSE 100 companies
January 14th, 2016
Research published by The Lawyer has revealed that Herbert Smith Freehills is now the UK law firm with the most FTSE 100 client relationships – 39 FTSE 100 companies in total. The firm is also the most popular ...
Tech trends 2016: Cybersecurity in the connected world
January 5th, 2016
This year, cybersecurity will be the main issue vexing global business, firms say, and it will become more critically important as the internet of things takes off and our world becomes ever more mobile and connected. Lawyers, accountants, digital ...
Income up 53% at KPMG Legal
December 22nd, 2015
One of the Big Four accountancy firms offering legal services through an alternative business structure has reported a sharp rise in income from the division and pledged further heavy investment. KPMG says in its newly published annual report that ...
MP calls for FRC accounting body to investigate KPMG over HBOS
December 14th, 2015
Britain’s accounting standards watchdog has made a “serious mistake” in refusing to open a formal investigation into accountancy firm KPMG over the way it checked the books of HBOS bank before it collapsed, a senior UK lawmaker said on ...
HMRC pushes ahead with criminalising failure to prevent tax evasion
December 11th, 2015
New offence could become a ‘damp squib’ ignored by foreign companies, warns tax lawyer HMRC is to go ahead with a bid to create a new criminal offence for failure to prevent tax evasion, despite warnings of significant challenges ...
