Is it discriminatory for the FA to want to hire an English Manager?
With most of England preoccupied who should succeed Fabio Capello as manager of the England Football Team. There appears to be a growing majority of opinion that the person who is appointed should be English or at least British. Can the FA just seek to hire an English man? Can your business do similar? Bellamy Forde investigates. View Post
The UK Financial Regulator and Serious Financial Crime
January 2012
By Stephen Gilchrist
Abstract
The UK financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its proposed successor, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a powerful enforcement body which may not only sanction and punish authorized persons within its own regulatory framework, but also has the authority to criminally prosecute those who commit financial offences under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). This article is a brief overview of some of the more serious types of cases which may be brought before the criminal courts. View Post
Saunders Law has secured a reduction in sentence for John Clugston, better known to the media and police as “Champagne Charlie” at the Court of Appeal.
Visiting offices and posing as a business man with left over champagne from parties, he would offer Bollinger or Dom Perignon for between £12-15 a bottle. He was said to take the cash and was never seen again, making an alleged profit of some £20,000.
Problematic Pension Plans: Illegal pensions schemes and legal redress
31 January 2012
By Stephen Gilchrist
The New Year starts with bad news for about 400 investors who placed £25 million with Ark Business Consulting and who stand to lose millions of pounds in a fraudulent pension “unlocking” scheme.
Unfortunately for those pension scheme members who subscribed to a ‘Pensions Reciprocation Plan’ within a structure rather optimistically called “Maximising Pension Value Arrangement” (MPVA), it recently all ended in prospective disaster.
24 January 2012
By Stephen Gilchrist
How tempting it is to try and find a lawful way of releasing pension capital prior to retirement without breaching tax rules. That pot of money is just lying there, waiting to be unlocked.
Unfortunately for those pension scheme members who subscribed to a ‘Pensions Reciprocation Plan’ within a structure rather optimistically called “Maximising Pension Value Arrangement” (MPVA), it recently all ended in prospective disaster.