On Wednesday, the FCA and PRA published the following consultation papers on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification...
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Leggatt J (whose promotion to the Court of Appeal has just been announced) today handed down his judgment in the high profile Commercial...
The Supreme Court has decided that the employment tribunal fees system, which was introduced in July 2013, is illegal under both UK and...
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the CAT) has delivered its class certification judgment in the Merricks v Mastercard case, the...
Much of the press coverage of the BBC’s recent disclosure of its top earners’ salaries has focused on the apparent gender imbalance in...
The SFO’s annual report for 2016-17 was published yesterday. Coming only a couple of months after the Conservative party’s controversial...
In a victory for United States federal prosecutors, earlier this week a South Korean government official was found guilty of laundering...
It’s been a busy few weeks for whistleblowing news. Here is a round-up of three key developments: FCA whistleblowing reports: The number...
Pension schemes that provide the statutory minimum survivor benefits for civil partners and same-sex spouses will need to review their...
The Taylor Review on modern working practices was published yesterday. It’s called “Good Work” and takes a fresh and, at times,...
The English Court of Appeal’s decision this week in Small v Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust acts as a useful reminder that...
The Supreme Court has today handed down an important judgment on the taxation of payments made by an employer into an employee benefit...