The Executive Branch of the Costa Rican government has proposed four Bills that, if enacted, will have a significant impact on the country’s tax regimes.

Justice ministers of EU Member State governments have agreed their position on a draft directive on asset recovery and confiscation, setting out minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation and management of criminal property.

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) for England and Wales has brought an application to the England and Wales Court of Protection (EWCOP) asking for judgments on nine consolidated cases. The cases raise issues relating to the scope and ambit of lasting powers of attorney (LPAs).

The Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council (the Privy Council) has granted judgment in favour of Jersey's Attorney General in Fang (2023 UKPC 21). The ruling concerns a long-running financial crime case in which beneficiaries of a Jersey discretionary trust challenged the scope of two freezing orders granted by the Royal Court of Jersey (the Royal Court).

HMRC has announced a 12-week open consultation on new proposals to stop the abuse of charity tax relief.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has rectified the will of a deceased man to specify beneficiaries by name, in line with his testamentary intention.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has introduced new controls on the procedures used by resident individuals to transfer their funds overseas.

The UK government has published a list of retained EU laws that it intends to revoke by the end of 2023, due to the UK's exit from the European Union.

The final report of the Financial Remedies Court sub-group of the UK judiciary's Transparency Implementation Group has recommended that parties in financial remedy proceedings should remain anonymous in judgments and press reports.

Belgium's data protection authority (DPA) has ruled that the transfer of so-called accidental Americans' financial account data to the US government under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is unlawful under European Union law.