Do you mean business? We do.

'The word "business" is an etymological chameleon; it suits its meaning to the context in which it is found: see Town Investments Ltd v Department of the Environment [1978] AC 359, 383. At its broadest it may mean anything that is not done for pleasure (Rolls v Miller (1884) 27 Ch D 71, where keeping a house where working girls—in the literal sense—were given free board and lodging was a business). In some contexts the performance of regulatory activities may not count as business activities (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales v Customs and Excise Comrs [1999] 1 WLR 701) but in other contexts it will. I do not think that I can or should try to define what the expression means in the context of section 22 [of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000].'

Whatever business means to you, there’s a wealth of useful advice to be found in the cases published each month in the Business Law Reports, including extracts from the judgment of Mr Justice Lewison (quoted above) in the case of Financial Services Authority v Anderson [2011] Bus LR D22, now available from ICLR by single part or annual subscription.

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