Help to Buy To Be Brought Forward
‘The PM has announced that the full Help to Buy scheme will start within days. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, David Cameron said
Housebuilders Warn Against ‘Wild’ Target For New Homes
‘Housebuilders have warned the Labour leader Ed Miliband that his “wild” plan to build 200,000 homes a year is not physically possible. It comes after
Nationwide figures likely to fuel bubble fears
The Nationwide’s latest house price index, due out later this week, is expected to show that house prices have risen by 4.5% in the past
George Osborne Says There’s No Housing Bubble
George Osborne has claimed that Funding for Lending and Help to Buy schemes are “not weapons of mass destruction but tools to help people get
A fishy decision: take care with business sponsorship
It is probably no exaggeration to say that the Upper Tribunal decision in Interfish Ltd v CIR [2013] UKUT 0336 (TCC) will rock the world
95% Mortgages Not “Weapons of Mass Destruction”
George Osborne has insisted that 95% mortgages are not “weapons of mass destruction” despite warnings that they could create another housing bubble. Mr Osborne insists
A mixed bag for SMEs
Writing for Tax Journal’s Agenda for September 2013, BKL tax partner David Whiscombe reports on a mixed bag for SMEs: a doubtful decision on private
Pre-incorporation contracts
Sometimes legal formalities lag behind commercial agreements. The recent Tribunal case of Hepburn [2013] UKFTT 455 (TC) is in many ways a surprising decision. It
Fraud: should I admit to it?
This note is about responding to challenges under HMRC’s Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) – that is, where HMRC suspect that tax fraud has been committed
