Firm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm16th September 2016

The Law gazette law firm which helped conveyancing clients avoid paying a total of £1.3m in stamp duty land tax has been penalised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Gloucestershire firm BPE Solicitors LLP agreed to the publication of a regulatory settlement agreement following the regulator’s investigation. The SRA identified that the firm had acted in…

US-style murder laws ‘would not be accepted’, MPs hear

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm16th September 2016

The Independent A two-tier structure for the crime of murder would not be accepted by the public and could blur the lines between accidental and intentional killings, MPs have heard. The House of Commons’ justice committee today discussed proposals by the Law Commission to introduce new categories for murder – first-degree, where a murder is…