Court
Adviser and his wife convicted of £1.7m property fraud
A “heartless” adviser and his wife have been found guilty of swindling people out of £1.7m (€1.9m, $2.1m) after the longest trial in UK criminal history.
Tax & Regulation | 17 May 17
Adviser in court for investing £1.2m in Polish property fund
A former financial adviser in the UK has denied forging clients’ signatures so he could invest £1.26m (€1.47m, $1.62m) of their money into a high-risk Polish property fund for his own benefit.
Swiss court overturns ban on releasing UBS client data to France
Switzerland’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government can comply with a French request for information about a UBS client’s bank account, despite the request probably being founded on stolen data.
Tax & Regulation | 16 Mar 17
HMRC tax avoidance case against Rangers football club ends
HM Revenue & Customs’ seven-year pursuit of Rangers Football Club for aiding and abetting tax avoidance ended on Thursday after two days at the UK supreme court, with a judgment expected within three to six months.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Mar 17
UK supreme court rules against inheritance challenge
An estranged daughter has lost a supreme court bid to overturn her mother’s will, which excluded her only child and left her £0.5m ($0.6m, €0.57m) estate to three animal charities, in a decision that leaves things “slightly confused”, says Old Mutual Wealth’s Rachael Griffin.