At A GlanceThis past month, the Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision in Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public...
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The FCA has published its business plan for 2021/2022. This sets out its priorities for the coming financial year (and beyond) and is...
First instalment On 1 July 2021, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) entered into its 10th deferred prosecution agreement (DPA)...
FCA sets out themes it has identified from recent assessments of retail banks’ financial crime systems and controls The FCA has published...
On 2 July 2021, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the final report on its guidelines on sound remuneration policies...
At a glanceOver the last few weeks there have been two key developments in relation to the widening of the UK Pensions Regulator’s (the...
Proposed reforms to consumer law and enforcementThe Government has published its long awaited consultation on a wide range of proposals...
Proposed reforms to competition regime and powers for new Digital Markets Unit The UK government has proposed an extensive set of reforms...
Combating money laundering has long been high on the EU’s legislative agenda. In our May 2020 blogpost, we outlined the European...
2021 is an important year for speak up culture in Europe as member states are due to implement the 2019 EU directive on whistleblower...
Last week, the UK Prime Minister confirmed that step 4 of the 'roadmap', a step-by-step plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions in England,...
The German financial supervisor BaFin is becoming increasingly involved in the enforcement of consumer protection legislation. For...