Edition 3950: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: The law in relation to Value Added Tax or ‘VAT’ confers a right to deduct the VAT paid on input expenditure for business activities. During the period 1974-1997, NHS Lothian had operated a number of scientific labs which undertook some business activities. NHS Lothian did not reclaim the input VAT paid in respect of those years until after the enactment of section 121 of the Finance Act 2008, which provided that claims for recovery of input tax incurred in accounting periods ending before 1 May 1997 could be made without any time limit provided that the claim was made before 1 April 2009. NHS Lothian’s claim for repayment of the overpaid tax was rejected by HMRC.
Focus of the Day Article: Thousands of domestic abuse victims and tenants facing eviction will be able to access free legal advice and representation under changes announced by the government yesterday – however, the additional support will not kick in immediately. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Gide Loyrette Nouel adds seven-strong team in Paris from Shearman & Sterling - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/t68dUtKV03
- Construction of London mega-court begins | Law Gazette https://t.co/s2iOWnL1ZM
- The most ardent rightwing home secretary in modern times with deplorable views, Suella Braverman has resigned. Her resignation letter in full https://t.co/6pLgfwuGPM
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher hires trio of real estate partners from Munger Tolles in LA - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/cmH9LElwWx
- Owner used £200,000 from client account to 'prop up' firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/6ZPxltZwJq
- Top 100 UK firms see average fee income grow over past financial year, study finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/CfCgq5Wza
- Legal services exemption in 'foreign agents' clampdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/vbkG8ZACfa
- Solicitor used £230,000 of client money to prop up firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/VhhOHsZ8h
- Solicitors will benefit from legal aid reforms, Lewis insists | Law Gazette https://t.co/lOQI6f09gn
- A woman whose husband and two children were killed by suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in #Sylhet, Bangladesh has died. Husnara Begum, 45, from Grangetown, Cardiff, died in hospital in Dhaka, nearly three months after the incident https://t.co/c5oGZ5nZ6D
- TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month after an investigation found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian refugee camps, with children begging for donations https://t.co/U7aOxKBri
- MPs back plans for abortion clinic buffer zones in England and Wales https://t.co/zEwKUbY4ON
- Bob Chan told a news conference he was dragged onto the consulate grounds and beaten by men, leaving him with injuries requiring hospital treatment. #China had claimed there was harassment and attempts at illegal entry https://t.co/Kh1CZV7w
- Soup kitchens used to be for the homeless, now it is for workers following the present UK economic catastrophe https://t.co/bDPK9S7J1x
- Prime minister's special adviser suspended following the Sunday Times revelation of Ms Truss's view that the former Chancellor and Health Secretary Sajid Javid was "shit" https://t.co/D0KYYmAK1
- [Collegium system] Judges spending more time on judges appointments than deciding cases: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/DMBN9iPlQJ
- Leading PI firm sues insurance trade magazine for libel - Legal Futures https://t.co/e9cYSwA0Sx
- Insurers claim win in landmark Covid cases - but so does Greggs | Law Gazette https://t.co/jFtcEGUr3s
- Judiciary in England and Wales ‘institutionally racist’, says report - more than half of legal professionals in survey said they saw a judge acting in a racially biased way https://t.co/lZPTvl4Fk
- Thousands more claimants join Woodford fund action | Law Gazette https://t.co/UIJLUg1utX
- The UK's advertising regulator has banned two HSBC advertisements for being "misleading" about the company's work to tackle climate change. The Advertising Standards Authority said the banking giant can no longer run the ads https://t.co/a36JyKnwo3
- A Russian analyst who worked on a discredited dossier linking Donald Trump to Russia has been found not guilty of lying to the FBI. Insufficient evidence? #US https://t.co/uOi8mNHFFc
- Disabled NQ solicitor awarded £23k over firm's recruitment decision - Legal Futures https://t.co/HnHinoTyDl
- Mastering the menopause | Law Gazette https://t.co/cjKlc3WjUR
- HSF disputes partner elected as president of the Law Society of Western Australia - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/usdfOzKEm
- Legal aid eligibility to be widened for people 'at risk' - eventually | Law Gazette https://t.co/IWd2a9g3Y
- Tory donor’s name removed from kleptocracy report after ‘meritless’ libel threat https://t.co/pB0rX1yBH1
- SRA “should police anti-money laundering across UK legal sector” - Legal Futures https://t.co/5YeJ8BhVO
- Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court order that held NGT special bench at Delhi illegal | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/opvhiugCs
- Fee income still holding up at top 100 | Law Gazette https://t.co/CpnnEw0kmD
