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How Are UK Pensions Taxed In Italy?

Understanding how Italy taxes foreign pensions is crucial for anyone relocating with retirement savings built under different tax models. This analysis explores the fundamental differences between the UK's EET...

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Spectrum IFA Group

UK Employee Share Plans: 6th Of July HMRC Reporting Deadline

Companies that award shares, options, or other securities to UK employees, directors, or officeholders need to be aware of the 6 July deadline to submit an employment related securities (ERS)...

United Kingdom Employment

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Football Referees Are Not Employees: HMRC Loses Latest Bout Against PGMOL

A First-tier Tribunal has ruled that football referees engaged by Professional Game Match Officials Ltd were self-employed contractors rather than employees, rejecting HMRC's attempt to recover £584,000 in unpaid employment taxes.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Virgin Media Remediation: What Trustees (And Sponsors) Should Be Doing Now

The coming into force of the “legislative fix” in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for the issues raised by the Court of Appeal’s decision in Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II Ltd has led to a collective sigh of relief across the pensions industry.

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK Pensions: What’s New This Week? May 5, 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

A Brave New World? The Role Of Equality Representatives

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

FCA Issues Final Notice To Sapia Partners LLP For Client Money Failings Involving Appointed Representative

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

Finance Act 2026: Inheritance Tax Treatment Of Pension Death Benefits

United Kingdom Tax

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Mayer Brown

M R Currell Limited: A Cautionary Tale For HMRC

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

Reframing Probationary Periods In Light Of The Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025')

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

How To Maintain An A-Rated Sponsor Licence

United Kingdom Immigration

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WestBridge Business Immigration

Rethinking Recruitment After The Employment Rights Act 2025 ('ERA 2025')

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Removal Of The Statutory Cap On Unfair Dismissal: Implications For Private Capital Managers

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

"Landmark" Pension Schemes Act Passed

United Kingdom Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Global View Of International Arbitration Trends With Gary Born (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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WilmerHale

Boilerplate Bites: Notices, Termination And Consequences Of Termination (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Cryptoasset Regulation Coming To The United Kingdom: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

From Assistant To Agent: Navigating The Legal And Regulatory Shifts In AI-driven Commerce

United Kingdom Consumer

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A&O Shearman

What Is US Trade Dress Law And How Does It Apply To The World Of Fashion? (Podcast)

United Kingdom International

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HGF Ltd

Visa Options For UK Construction Immigration

As a worker looking to enter the UK as a construction worker, it’s important that you understand all of your options, specifically which visas you are eligible for based on your skills and experience.

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Reminder - File Your Share Plan Annual Returns With HMRC By 6 July To Avoid Penalties!

Companies operating employee share plans and management incentive arrangements must prepare and submit annual returns to HMRC by 6 July 2026, with penalties starting at £100 for late filing.

United Kingdom Tax

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Travers Smith LLP

Employee Incentives: The New 2026 EMI Option Regime (Podcast)

Partners Matthew Rowbotham and Kathy Granby explore the transformative updates to the UK's Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) option regime that took effect in April 2026. What do these changes mean for companies looking to attract and retain talent through employee share schemes?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

UK Pensions: What’s New This Week? - April 27, 2026

This weekly update from A&O Shearman's Pensions team covers critical regulatory developments affecting workplace pensions, including TPR's enhanced dashboards guidance with new checklists...

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Fair Work Agency Gets Ready To Enforce A Sharply Increased National Minimum Wage In The UK

United Kingdom Employment

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Withers LLP

Employer Toolkit For Certificate Of Sponsorship

United Kingdom Immigration

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WestBridge Business Immigration

Dividing Investments, Pensions & Savings During Divorce: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Family

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

How Lawyers Use AI To Boost Billable Hours And Improve Work-Life Balance

United Kingdom Technology

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IR Global

Virgin Media And Section 37: What Steps Do Trustees Need To Take Now In Light Of Upcoming Pension Schemes Bill Remedy And TPR Guidance?

United Kingdom Employment

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Hidden Assets And Financial Misconduct: Signs Your Spouse Is Hiding Money In Divorce

United Kingdom Family

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Three’s A Crowd: HMRC’s Approach To Employee Share Plan Arrangements In Practice

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

What Is The Fair Work Agency, And When Does It Begin Its Enforcement Work?

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

UK Pensions: What’s New This Week? April 20, 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: Joint DB & DC Trustee Agenda—May 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Three’s A Crowd: HMRC’s Approach To Employee Share Plan Arrangements In Practice

HMRC has increasingly targeted employee share plans under disguised remuneration rules, challenging arrangements involving third-party participation even when no tax avoidance motive exists.

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

What Is The Fair Work Agency, And When Does It Begin Its Enforcement Work?

Regulations have been made under the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to ensure labour market enforcement and licensing functions can be carried out from 7 April 2026...

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

UK Pensions: What’s New This Week? April 20, 2026

This weekly roundup covers critical UK pensions developments including government guidance on inheritance tax changes, ICO clarification on data protection complaints, and a TUPE consultation examining pension protections.

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: Joint DB & DC Trustee Agenda—May 2026

Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings...

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Lessons In Equity From HSF Kramer's AI & DEI Forum

United Kingdom Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Supporting Bereaved Parents At Work: The New Day-one Paternity Leave Entitlement

The Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024, in force from 29 December 2025, introduces a day-one entitlement to statutory paternity leave in one specific situation. Where a child’s mother, adopter or intended adopter dies in connection with childbirth or placement, the surviving parent may be entitled to take statutory paternity leave immediately, without needing the usual qualifying period of service.

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

How To Avoid The Common Pitfalls With Settlement Agreements

Settlement agreements rarely arrive at convenient moments. They tend to surface when something has already gone wrong, when a working relationship has reached a point where it cannot realistically continue and both sides need a way out that avoids further damage.

United Kingdom Employment

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Buckles Law

UK Government Increases Minimum Wage Rates Effective April 2026: What Employers Need To Know

The Government of UK has recently revised the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lexplosion Solutions Private Limited

Pay Attention - Episode 18: Fifty States Of Pay - What The US Can Teach Europe About Pay Transparency (Podcast)

In this episode, Tom Heys and David Lorimer are joined by Lulu Seikaly from Payscale to unpack the US experience. They explore how state-level laws are working in practice and the challenges employers are facing.

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Justice Over Jurisdiction: High Court Reversed Security For Costs Order To Protect Employee Claimant

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

New Employment Tribunal Compensation Limits And Rates Of Pay For Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Sick Pay, In Force From April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

The Pensions Brief: April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

Gender Pay Gap Reporting

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Tax Rules For Employment Intermediaries

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

UK Pensions In Dispute—April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Sponsor Duties Tightened And Skilled Worker Rules Rewritten For UK Employers

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

UK Government Confirms Commitment To Introduce Mandatory Ethnicity And Disability Pay Gap Reporting For Large Employers

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

You Reap What You Sow: Agricultural Workers

United Kingdom Employment

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

National Minimum Wage Increase 2026: What UK Employers Need To Know

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

What's Happening In Immigration Law? Q&A – March 2026

United Kingdom Immigration

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Lewis Silkin

Employment Law Update: What's Changing From 6 April 2026?

United Kingdom Employment

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Rothera Bray

A New Enforcement Agency In The UK Is Born: The Fair Work Agency

United Kingdom Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Fair Work Agency

United Kingdom Employment

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Supporting Bereaved Employees—getting Your Policy Right

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A View On The Autumn Budget 2025 (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

UK Skilled Worker Visa Settlement (Video)

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Latitude Law

Scheme Sessions Vol1.2025 - A Year Of The New DB Funding Regime: Where Are We Now? (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

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