“A Crown Prosecution Service accountant who fiddled £1 million of taxi fares has been warned that she faces a lengthy jail sentence after admitting fraud.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In R (on the application of Prudential Plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another [2013] UKSC 1 a majority of the Supreme Court held that legal advice privilege does not extend to protect legal advice given by professionals who are not lawyers and that it is for Parliament, not the courts, to decide whether and how the privilege should be extended.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th February 2013
“The fight to defend legal professional privilege looks set to continue, despite last week’s landmark victory for the profession in the Supreme Court. Parliament was urged to consider extending the scope of LPP in the wake of the judgment by the 140,000-member Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Legal advice privilege would not be extended to communications in connection with advice given by professional people other than members of the legal profession, even where that advice was legal advice which the professional person was qualified to give.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has ruled that legal advice privilege should only apply to advice given by a member of the legal profession; that this is what the common law has always meant, and that any wider interpretation would lead to uncertainty. Two strong dissents do not find any principled underpinning for the restriction of the privilege to advice from solicitors or barristers.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
“The Supreme Court has refused to extend legal privilege to accountants offering tax advice.”
The Lawyer, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Lawyers will learn tomorrow whether the confidential protection that attaches to their communication with clients can also be claimed by accountants. A Supreme Court ruling on the issue of legal professional privilege (LPP) is expected tomorrow.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms are to face regulatory intervention for anti-competitive behaviour, which would severely curb the industry’s most powerful companies and cost them hundreds of millions in revenue.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
