Tax Evasion: Avoiding liability under the Criminal Finances Act

Norton Rose Fulbright | Employment Law Journal | November 2017 #185
Dominic Stuttaford and Amanda Sanders discuss the procedures employers need to put in place following new legislation which makes it a criminal offence not to stop employees or contractors from facilitating tax evasion ‘If an employer is found guilty of the offence, potential fines are unlimited.’ The Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) came into …

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Watts v Watts Claim no: HC02C02559

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | December 2014 #145

The claimant Arthur Watts (Arthur) sued his brother James Watts (James) in respect of trust transactions in 1998.

In 1967 Geoffrey Watts, the father of Arthur and James, made a settlement in favour of his children and grandchildren. In 1976 this trust fund was split into separate trust funds for each of Geoffrey’s children. James was one of the trustees of Arthur’s trust fund. The main beneficiaries were Arthur in his lifetime and thereafter his legitimate children. Clause 4 allowed the trustees to pay all the capital to Arthur if they considered it to be to his advantage...