Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 published
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Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 – legislation.gov.uk
Published March 23, 2011 accounts , budgets , legislation Leave a CommentBAE radar verdict – Daily Telegraph
Published December 20, 2010 accounts , corruption , fines , fraud , news Leave a Comment“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gloucestershire coroner’s law practice investigated – BBC News
Published December 10, 2010 accounts , disciplinary procedures , news , professional conduct , solicitors Leave a Comment“The Cheltenham law firm of Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore has been closed following concerns over the way it was being run.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
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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
Published November 3, 2010 accounts , auditors , confidentiality , human rights , law reports , local government Leave a Comment“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
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NHS software saga will see former directors in court – BBC News
Published January 7, 2010 accounts , company directors , conspiracy , news Leave a CommentThe City regulator has started criminal proceedings against four former directors of UK-based healthcare software company iSoft.
BBC News, 6th January 2010
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Bar Council accuses CPS of ‘Alice in Wonderland accounting’ – Law Society’s Gazette
Published July 31, 2009 accounts , Crown Prosecution Service , news Leave a Comment“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.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service accused of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ accounting – Daily Telegraph
Published July 27, 2009 accounts , Crown Prosecution Service , news Leave a Comment“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal fees to be squeezed under new accounting rules – The Times
Published November 21, 2008 accounts , fees , news Leave a Comment“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.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
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Watchdog to investigate XL auditors – The Guardian
Published October 16, 2008 accounts , auditors , disciplinary procedures , news Leave a Comment“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.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services plc and Another – Times Law Reports
Published May 15, 2008 accounts , company directors , law reports Leave a CommentOxford 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
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The Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc and Another – WLR Daily
Published April 22, 2008 accounts , company directors , law reports Leave a Comment“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
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