Last month, the Ethereum blockchain celebrated the successful completion of the merge, a long-anticipated technical update. The merge made Ethereum is far more environmentally sustainable and harder to hack, and it is laid the groundwork for the network to scale toward mass adoption. But the merge has also brought at least one unintended consequence that…
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Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v NHS Lothian Health Board (Scotland) 2022 UKSC [28] – UKSCBlog
On appeal from: [2020] CSIH 14 This appeal concerns the correct approach to evidence and the burden and standard of proof in the context of historic claims for the recovery of input Value Added Tax (“VAT“). Input tax is the VAT incurred when the taxpayer buys in supplies which it uses for the purpose of…
Biden’s student loan forgiveness application is officially live. Here’s how to apply
The official application for federal student loan forgiveness went live Monday, President Joe Biden announced during an update on the relief process. “It takes less than five minutes” to fill out, Biden said during his remarks. “This is a game-changer for millions of Americans. We’re getting moving.” A test version of the application was launched…
Unger and Anor (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and Anor – UKSCBlog
In this post, Grant Arnold, a paralegal in the litigation team at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Unger and Anor (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and Anor. Real Background Ms Hasan and Mr Ul-Hasan married in Pakistan in 1981. The parties separated in 2006, before the husband obtained…
This Week in the Supreme Court – Week Commencing 17th October 2022 – UKSCblog
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Tuesday 18th October the Court will hear an Assessment of Costs hearing in A Local Authority v JB. The hearing will be at 10:30 in Courtroom One, and will continue on Wednesday from 10:30. The Court will also hear McCue (as…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, opponent Scott Jensen once found common ground on some key issues
MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and GOP nominee Scott Jensen have framed themselves as political polar opposites who agree on few, if any, issues. But they once overlapped on some insulin, marijuana and gun policies, particularly back when Jensen was an unpredictable state senator willing to break ranks with his party. They applauded…
Remember This Guy? Nancy Pelosi Has A Special Message Just For Him
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has a blunt message for Richard Barnett , the Jan. 6 rioter who broke into her office, sat in her chair and put his feet up on her desk. “I thought, ‘You are a pathetic creature, mister, if you think that you’re exerting your manhood by putting your feet on…
Government Control Over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption Speaks Out Against the Online Safety Bill in the Latest Episode of Law Pod UK
Author: Rosalind English The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons, having reached the report stage in July. The bill’s concept of “legal but harmful” is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places, not least of all former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. Lord Sumption joins Rosalind English…
DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) (Scotland) [2022] UKSC [26] – UKSCBlog
On appeal from: [2020] CSIH 60 The claimant in this case is a VAT-registered business principally specializing in the sale of dispensed spectacles and laser eye surgery under the name Optical Express. VAT operates in a large measure by self-assessment, with taxable persons submitting periodic self-assessment returns to His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”). The…
Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi’s prison term to 26 years
In recent months, her trials have been held in a purpose-built courtroom in the main prison on the outskirts of the capital, Naypyitaw. She has not been seen or allowed to speak in public since she was arrested and her lawyers, who had been a source of information on the proceedings, have not been allowed…