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⚽️Football Agents & Clubs have new HMRC Guidance to consider when paying Agent Fees💷 The guidelines are for both: 👩💼 football agents, and 🏟️football clubs. They deal with agents’ fees charged when a player: 📝transfers from one club to another, or 🤝negotiates a new contract with their current club. The guidance is also useful to: ⚽️football players 🧑🤝🧑coaching staff 🏢professional bodies and advisers that represent and advise clients These guidelines also outline HMRC’s views on dual representation contracts🤷♂️ including: ⚠️helping clubs, players, coaching staff and agents understand approaches HMRC see as increasing or lowering compliance risk ⚠️providing advice on the audit trails, evidence and documents that should be kept to support any tax position ⚠️explaining HMRC’s view of the latest Football Association (FA) Football Agent Regulations which were published on 1 January 2024 setting out any employment reporting obligations https://lnkd.in/eiQfe5fw

The Euro 2024 is here and we’re all excited for it! ⚽️🙌 But did you know that heading has been banned from kids’ football? Steven Astley, partner at GLP Solicitors, explains more about these new rules. #HereToHelpYou #LegalAdvice #LegalService #Solicitors #KidsFootball #HeadingBan

Please see our article on HMRC's new guidance on dual representation contracts between football clubs, agents and football players and the tax impact on them. If you would like to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me or your DWF contact. #dwf #uk #tax #hmrc #dwfsport #contracts #sport #football

Home Secretary vows to hold perpetrators to account by updating law on #Spiking forces receive 561 reports of spiking per month Don't place the onus of a vile crime only on licenced venues Responsible intervention by venues MUST be rewarded #Spiking happens everywhere, from pubs to Nightclubs, House parties to Festivals It happens in the home, with people, even elderly family members, unknowingly eating edibles Not all spiking has criminal intent, this insane fad is now done 'just for fun' We MUST #StampOutSpiking everywhere it happens Training is Everything, Awareness is Vital, and Personal Responsibility to yourself and your Friends is essential to make this crime, this abhorrent fad, a thing of the past. Next time you hear your friends talking or even joking about spiking, 'that's adding ANYTHING for someone unknowingly to consume' Call them out, Report them, Tell Security, bar staff, police... Tell all of your friends what this/these people are doing, let's make all such people social outcasts Together we CAN #StampOutSpiking

The Hon Justice Will Alstergren AO, Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, has sat down for an extended interview with the Financial Review where he discusses the court generally, family law, family violence, migration law and his bobsledding career – The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia is now the largest in the nation, with about 125 judges spread over 17 locations. About 90 per cent of its work is family law, but it also does migration and general federal law cases. Alstergren has been credited with getting the family law part back on track after years of dysfunction and chronic delay, and says the same needs to happen with migration law. Nine extra judges started in August. It’s clear that after seven years as head of the Court, he still enjoys the job. He started in 2017 and a year later he added Family Court chief justice to his duties before overseeing a merger of both courts in 2021. At the time, he was a commercial silk and president of the Australian Bar Association. He had done his articles with a family law firm but hadn’t done much in the area since – and family matters made up 80 per cent of the court’s work. “I think he wanted someone to come in from outside and help fix up a system which was really, on anybody’s view, under-resourced and broken. I’d run other things before. If you are there to do a job you get on with it.” An audit in 2018 found there was a backlog of 12,000 family law cases yet to get a hearing date in both courts. “You had two different courts doing the same kind of work – one [the Family Court] doing more complicated [cases]. There was an enormous amount of duplication – a lot of inefficiencies. They’d tried to harmonise the rules over a 20-year period and could never do it.” Now the time from filing to finalisation is six-and-a-half months, down from nine-and-a-half months in 2021. The average docket size for circuit court judges has fallen from 330 cases in 2021 to 80. One gets the impression the migration law system will be harder to fix. “About 25 per cent of our migration cases get appealed, so it’s a massive backlog. Only 2 per cent of family law cases get appealed. “When you have such a high appeal rate, it just means that a lot of cases will take a long time to go through the system.” He is also pleased the migration division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has been expanded and that the Federal Court will soon get an extra four judges to handle appeals.

Well this is definitely a “check the small print” moment. Conditional obligations should always be considered very carefully and not entered into lightly. It can be tempting to look at the short term gain - landing that massive order with that prestigious company without looking at all the angles. One such common angle is the effect that TUPE (the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations) might have on termination of a service provision contract. Other possible pitfalls can include intellectual property ownership, exclusivity and priority pricing. Thursfields Solicitors can help you enter into commercial contracts with foresight by conducting a red flag review. https://lnkd.in/eYKgBkfz

Didn't manage to catch the King's Speech today? 👑 Don't worry, we put all the information in one place for you. Download our sheet on what Labour are promising to deliver, and the key takeaways letting agents should know about > https://lnkd.in/ej69FirV #KingsSpeech #Labour #lettingagents

Another success with our barrister Millicent Dooher reducing penalties by almost £90,000. Similar results with out of Court agreements for Murray Oliver and Sofia Poole. We are now dealing with the backlog of Clandestine Entrant Penalty Appeals. We had over 50 cases that had been on hold awaiting the Court of Appeal decision earlier this year. Despite the huge penalties being imposed in the first instance, we are thankfully seeing many reductions with out of Court agreements, or reductions by the Court after a hearing, in both instances with legal costs being paid by Border Force. It seems absurd that they continue to waste public funds when it would be more cost effective to impose proportionate penalties in the first instance. Perhaps in the background many companies are just paying these huge penalties and it makes it worth it for the handful of cases which cost Border Force thousands to unsuccessfully defend. Smith Bowyer Clarke Road Transport Lawyers Millicent Dooher Simon Clarke Sofia Poole Murray Oliver Harry Bowyer Jaskiran Pal Fern Chatwin

Are you aware of your rights as a vulnerable road user? 🚴♀️ Discover them in our latest blog, written by our Trainee Solicitor Zoe, along with two case studies. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/epvrWUb5 #blogpost #cyclistrights #bikersrights #personalinjurylaw #gildeassolicitors #thehighwaycode

Key Lessons from Elbanna v Clark: Procedural Diligence in Appeals The recent case of Elbanna v Clark (Re Consequential Matters) [2024] EWHC 1471 (KB) underscores the importance of adhering to proper legal processes during appeals. Originating from a rugby injury dispute, this case highlights several key procedural missteps. Case Summary: Incident: Mr. Omar Elbanna sustained an injury during a rugby match. Judgment Date: 20 March 2024, in favour of Elbanna. Appeal Notice: Filed prematurely on 10 April 2024, without finalising an order with the claimant. Jurisdiction: The lower court could not hear the extension application, leading to dismissal. Key Takeaways: 1. Procedural Diligence: Ensure strict adherence to timelines for appeals. 2. Communication: Maintain prompt and clear communication, especially on draft Orders. 3. Appeal Strategy: Seek permission to appeal through the trial judge to avoid jurisdictional issues. 4. Time Management: Manage the 21-day appeal period effectively. 5. Cost Implications: Avoid increased costs by following proper appeal procedures. Conclusion: Elbanna v Clark serves as a cautionary tale, highlighting the necessity of adhering to procedural rules, maintaining clear communication, and acting promptly in post-judgment scenarios. #LegalInsights #ProceduralDiligence #Appeals #CivilLitigation #InsuranceLaw #LegalProcess #CaseStudy