Ervaid Law / Legal Updates
Practical analysis on the issues we are seeing on our files. Written by the lawyers doing the work: short, specific, and aimed at the people who would actually be on the receiving end of a letter.
Considering the issues for British individuals and companies trading regulated products in jurisdictions where the legal status differs from England and Wales, and how to think about the risk profile before, not after, an HMRC inquiry.
What to do, what not to say, and why the first hour shapes the rest of the investigation.
The pre-action letter is not a formality. Drafted properly, it sets the tone, the timetable, and often the settlement.
Private WhatsApp groups, Slack channels, and the modern publication threshold. What counts as ‘publication’ under section 1 of the 2013 Act.
The standard early steps when a client’s business banking is frozen by the NCA, and how to start framing a successful variation application.
Three boilerplate provisions in standard settlement agreements that look harmless and routinely come back to bite founders six months later.
An invitation to ‘come in for a chat’ under caution carries the same consequences as an interview after arrest. Why you should be represented at both.
Once a statutory demand is served, the timetable is unforgiving. The options in week one, and the ones that disappear by week three.
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