It’s one thing to argue with neighbours from time to time over access to a shared driveway but quite another to wall them into their own home after a 10-year planning battle escalates into open warfare.
Consultation on domestic abuse offence
The Government has launched a consultation on whether the current domestic abuse offence could be strengthened by covering emotional as well as physical harm, by explicitly stating that it covers coercive behaviour.
HMRC proposing new criminal offence
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a consultation on making the failure to declare taxable income and gains arising offshore a criminal offence, as part of the department’s No Safe Havens strategy, which forms part of the Government’s crackdown on tax evasion.
CPS under fire
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is being criticised for pursuing certain cases, such as the one involving former Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, to the extent that there have been calls for the Attorney General to open an urgent review of its approach to them and to address the other problems it is perceived to have.
Non-Residents Could Lose Tax-Free Allowance
Thousands of migrant workers face losing their £10,000 tax-free Personal Allowance under new Treasury proposals, as the Government aims to bring the UK’s tax laws in line with other European countries such as Germany and Holland.