Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 23rd, 2011 in accounts, budgets, legislation by sally

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAE radar verdict – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 20th, 2010 in accounts, corruption, fines, fraud, news by sally

“BAE Systems will today be sentenced after pleading guilty to failing to keep accurate records of the sale of military radar to Tanzania, the African country that does not have an air force.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Gloucestershire coroner’s law practice investigated – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2010 in accounts, disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, solicitors by sally

“The Cheltenham law firm of Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore has been closed following concerns over the way it was being run.”

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BBC News, 9th December 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

R (Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd) v Nottinghamshire County Council (Shlomo Dowen and The Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service for England, interested parties) – WLR Daily

Posted November 3rd, 2010 in accounts, auditors, confidentiality, human rights, law reports, local government by sally

R (Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd) v Nottinghamshire County Council (Shlomo Dowen and The Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service for England, interested parties) [2010] WLR (D) 273

“The right of ‘persons interested’ under section 15(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to inspect the accounts to be audited and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them did not stretch, on the facts, to examination of commercially sensitive material which was protected by art 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 2nd November 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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NHS software saga will see former directors in court – BBC News

Posted January 7th, 2010 in accounts, company directors, conspiracy, news by sally

The City regulator has started criminal proceedings against four former directors of UK-based healthcare software company iSoft.

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BBC News, 6th January 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bar Council accuses CPS of ‘Alice in Wonderland accounting’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 31st, 2009 in accounts, Crown Prosecution Service, news by sally

“The Bar Council accused the Crown Prosecution Service of ‘Alice in Wonderland accounting’ this week over the CPS’s claim to have saved millions using its own lawyers rather than external advocates.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Crown Prosecution Service accused of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ accounting – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 27th, 2009 in accounts, Crown Prosecution Service, news by sally

“The CPS said it had spent £11.5 million less in 2008/09 and £17.1 million less the previous year by using its own lawyers for prosecutions rather than hiring outside barristers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Bar Council Publishes Annual Report – The Bar Council

Posted June 16th, 2009 in accounts, barristers, news by sally

“The Bar Council has today (13 June) published its Annual Report and Accounts, setting out its achievements and financial data for 2008.”

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The Bar Council, 13th June 2009

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Legal fees to be squeezed under new accounting rules – The Times

Posted November 21st, 2008 in accounts, fees, news by sally

“Commercial lawyers already under pressure to reduce fees as the market worsens are facing a new challenge with the introduction of new accounting rules governing M&A transactions.”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Watchdog to investigate XL auditors – The Guardian

Posted October 16th, 2008 in accounts, auditors, disciplinary procedures, news by sally

“The auditors of the collapsed tour operator XL Leisure are to be investigated by the profession’s disciplinary watchdog after a request from Britain’s largest accountancy institute.”

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The Guardian, 16th October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services plc and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted May 15th, 2008 in accounts, company directors, law reports by sally

Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services plc and Another

Court of Appeal

“The court could refuse to enforce the right to inspect a company’s accounts, not only where the purpose for which the inspection was sought was to injure the company, but also where the purpose was improper.”

The Times, 15th May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

The Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc and Another – WLR Daily

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in accounts, company directors, law reports by sally

The Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc and Another [2008] EWCA Civ 387; [2008] WLR (D) 121

“The court would refuse to enforce the right of a director to inspect a company’s accounts pursuant to s 222 of the Companies Act 1985 where the purpose of the proposed inspection was to injure the company or was improper.”

WLR Daily, 21st April 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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