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20 April 2021

Rosenblatt parent RBG Holdings plc has acquired Memery Crystal LLP for £30million. Read the articles by Legal Futures, Law Gazette, Law.com International and The Lawyer below: Listed business make major move with £30m law firm acquisition – Legal Futures Listed pioneer buys Memery Crystal in £30m deal | News | Law Gazette Listed UK Law firm Acquires Memery Crystal for […]

RBG Holdings plc (AIM: RBGP), the professional services group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business of Memery Crystal LLP (“Memery Crystal”), a leading legal services provider, for a total consideration of £30.0 million (the “Acquisition”).

19 April 2021

In the Government’s Covid-19 Response – Spring 2021 (the “Roadmap”) published on 22 February 2021, and Boris Johnson’s announcement on the same date, the Government set out its plans to “cautiously” ease the current national lockdown restrictions in England which have been in place since January 2021. This will be implemented in England in four stages, with the first stage […]

15 April 2021

In the long-awaited judgment of Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and ors (2021) UKSC 10, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Claimant employees on a preliminary issue. In this case, the Claimants were retail employees (predominantly women) who sought to compare themselves to (predominantly male) employees working at Asda’s distribution depots who earned more than them per […]

14 April 2021

On 9 April 2021, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had launched an investigation into the alleged fraudulent activities of the Raedex Consortium which comprises a number of car leasing companies, including, Buy2Let Cars, PayGo Cars, Radeax trading as Wheels4Sure and Rent2Own Car. SFO Investigation | Rosenblatt’s Financial Crime Team On Thursday 8 April 2021, the SFO with […]

13 April 2021

Brexit was a defining moment in this country’s modern history. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), the UK’s new free trade agreement negotiated with the EU, now governs the UK’s trading relationship with the European trading bloc and has radically reshaped the trading landscape. With the first 100 days of the TCA under its belt, we look back to see […]

Executive Summary In 2020, the Chancellor asked Ron Kalifa OBE (of Worldpay renown) to independently review the UK Fintech sector. The report was published on 26 February 2021, it is 108 pages long and is available for download here: The Kalifa Review of UK FinTech – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The aim of the review is to provide a strategy for the […]

12 April 2021

When June Fearn was asked by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to assist with its ‘investigation’ she agreed, this selfless act cost her £37,000. Ms Fearn represents one of the many victims to have recently fallen foul of highly sophisticated scammers. Fraud | Rosenblatt’s Financial Crime Team Earlier this month, Ms Fearn a 74-year-old retired head teacher received a call […]

09 April 2021

Introduction On 7th April 2021 the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”), Department of Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) and the Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA”) announced the establishment of a new Digital Markets Unit (“DMU”), established within the CMA, to enforce the UK’s new digital regulatory regime. The DMU has begun work in a shadow, non-statutory form. […]

07 April 2021

HMRC has updated its crypto assets taxation guidance by consolidating the ‘tax for business’ and ‘tax for individuals’ guidance into a new “Cryptoassets” manual. HMRC’s guidance is restricted to the use of exchange tokens (typically cryptocurrencies). HMRC’s approach to taxing cryptoassets is based on its 2018 paper on the subject. Their position in broad summary is that cryptoassets are not […]