Weil Tax BLOG - Feed https://tax.weil.com/contributor/patrick-odonovan/ Views and developments from the Tax Department at Weil Fri, 29 May 2026 16:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 Liz Truss Selected as Next U.K. Prime Minister: Update on Expected Tax Measures https://tax.weil.com/insights/liz-truss-selected-as-next-uk-prime-minister-update-on-expected-tax-measures/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:16:46 +0000 Oliver Walker Stuart Pibworth Patrick O'Donovan https://tax.weil.com/?p=1734 On 5 September, Liz Truss was selected by the approximately 180,000 members of the Conservative and Unionist Party (the Conservatives) as leader of the Conservatives and, therefore, U.K. Prime Minister. Throughout her campaign (see our previous update here), Liz Truss has been a strong advocate for tax cuts and ‘fresh thinking’, arguing against established economic

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]]> Employment Related Security Elections by UK Employees and Directors: Welcome Clarifications from HMRC https://tax.weil.com/insights/employment-related-security-elections-by-uk-employees-and-directors-welcome-clarifications-from-hmrc/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:32:36 +0000 Aron Joy Kevin Donegan Patrick O'Donovan https://tax.weil.com/?p=1698 On 19 July 2022 HMRC published a helpful and welcome update to its Employment Related Securities Manual relating to restricted securities elections (Restricted Securities Elections). The law in this area is complex and full of pitfalls for the unwary and anyone who has been through a transaction involving UK employee or director shareholders will be

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]]> Conservative Polarisation https://tax.weil.com/insights/conservative-polarisation/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:07:37 +0000 Oliver Walker Stuart Pibworth Patrick O'Donovan https://tax.weil.com/?p=1695 On 7 July Boris Johnson, U.K. Prime Minister announced that he would be standing down as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party (the Conservatives) (currently the majority party in the U.K. Parliament) and, consequently (given the U.K.’s constitutional framework), U.K. Prime Minister (though, in the latter case, only once his successor has been chosen). A

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