In recent years, there has been increasing pressure on the UK Government to implement changes that will streamline legal challenges of...
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The UK Supreme Court has been hearing the landmark case of Johnson v FirstRand Bank Limited[1]this week and the hearing finished...
In its first enforcement decision relating to a Recognised Investment Exchange, the FCA has published a final notice and imposed a...
The Employment Rights Bill (first published in October 2024) has recently completed the Committee Stage in the House of Commons during...
The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v Agora SARL, casts doubt on...
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Over the last years, the combination of regulatory reporting requirements and an increasing number of cases that further define civil...
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On 27 March 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a general ruling requiring significant German CRR...
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The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...
On 25 March 2025, the FCA published its new strategy for the next five years, with the stated goals of “deepening trust, rebalancing...
Open banking promises to unlock innovation and empower customers by enabling financial information to be shared between traditional banks...
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One oft-criticised feature of the UK financial services regime is the complexity and the volume of the FCA’s handbook of rules and...
The High Court’s recent judgment in Santander UK PLC v CCP Graduate School Ltd provides an important clarification of the duties owed by...