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Enforcing US Judgments in England and Wales

Despite being the UK’s largest trading partner, it persists that the US and the UK have no reciprocal agreement for the mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments in their respective jurisdictions.

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An introduction to the private sector IR35 reforms

IR35 is the tax legislation that is designed to assess whether contractors are genuine contractors or disguised employees for the purposes of paying tax. We look at the reforms from April 2020 which will see a shift in responsibility for determining the tax status from the individual to the recipient of the contractor’s services.

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FCA updates guidance for social housing landlords who help their tenants to find financing...

Where social housing landlords refer their tenants to low costs credit providers such as credit unions and community development finance institutions (“CDFIs”) or providers on goods on hire, they may find themselves carrying on the regulated activity of credit broking and falling within the scope of financial regulation that may require authorisation by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”).

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Second hand e-books infringe copyright in Europe

We generally never think twice about whether buying a second hand book is illegal or not.

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Ashfords LLP advise Maidstone Borough Council on significant £18.7m acquisition

Law firm Ashfords LLP has advised Maidstone Borough Council in the acquisition of the long leasehold interest in Lockmeadow Leisure Park, Maidstone for circa £18.7m

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FCA to supervise cryptoasset businesses under the AML/CFT regime from 10 January 2020

The current legislation that governs the UK anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”) regime is the Money laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (“MLRs”). Despite Brexit, the UK will implement the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive (“5MLD”) by amending the MLRs.

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What a load of rubbish: Fly tipping on farming land

Reports indicate that over two thirds of farmers have been affected by fly tipping, with an increase of over 8% across the 2018/2019 period.

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Ashfords' In-House Legal Bulletin - December 2019

December 2019

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Tokenization of venture capital and private equity - will tokenization disrupt the venture...

A number of commentators have remarked that blockchain technology and tokenization have the power to impact the entire venture capital and private equity industry

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An introduction to key risks in digital health transactions

Both strategic and financial investors in digital health are very focused on the protection of intellectual property, information security risks and regulatory compliance. Demonstrating that you have addressed these issues is critical – watch this video to find out more.

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