A recent Supreme Court judgment in Holland v Revenue and Customs (HMRC) [2010] has considered the status of de facto directors and, on a 3-2 split decision, limited the applicability of the concept. The decision is controversial because it will provide a defence in certain circumstances for persons controlling companies who are not officially directors …
The Special Economic Zones Act (SEZA) 2005 was enacted with the underlying objective to boost economic activity, promote exports and investment from domestic and foreign sources, create employment opportunities and develop infrastructural activities. Keeping such objectives in mind, various fiscal incentives were provided to the special economic zones (SEZs) under the Income Tax Act (ITA) …
December 2010 was an incredibly eventful month for UK immigration practitioners, with further information published concerning the mechanisms of the permanent annual immigration limits (due to be implemented in April 2011), a judicial decision rendering the interim limits introduced by the coalition government as unlawful and the almost immediate removal of one of the UK …