20 Dec, 2024 UK medical devices regulatory reform: where are we now and what’s next for 2025? By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Emily Bloxsome Honor May Charlotte Case +2 more... Show less In summary: The UK MHRA’s plans for reforming the medical devices regulatory framework post-Brexit have begun to take more concrete...
19 Dec, 2024 Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide 2025 By Laura Western We are continuing to see a significant number of large-scale tax investigations and disputes internationally, and with governments across...
19 Dec, 2024 Secret Commissions – Supreme Court to hear appeal By Emma Probyn Benjamin Ng Lucy Clark The Court of Appeal’s decision On 25 October 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in three linked appeals – Johnson v...
06 Dec, 2024 The regulatory regime for short selling in the UK: a long time coming By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard On 11 November 2024, an updated draft of the Short Selling Regulations 2024 was laid before Parliament, accompanied by a draft...
02 Dec, 2024 Regulating cryptoassets in the UK: a guide to the road ahead By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
29 Nov, 2024 FCA publicity consultation – take 2: A solution to one of the FCA’s problems? By Lucy Clark The FCA yesterday published its revised proposals to publicise enforcement investigations. Reactions to the original proposals both from...
21 Nov, 2024 When is it Wise to report non work-related conduct issues to the UK FCA? By Ali Sallaway Christopher Robinson Sophie Horton A recent UK FCA decision highlights the FCA’s expectation that, in certain circumstances, issues relating to the conduct of senior...
14 Nov, 2024 English High Court decision indicates EU-wide product approvals do little to prevent product liability claims for damages By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Sanjana Canumalla James Smith Georgina Bayly +2 more... Show less Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
14 Nov, 2024 How to meet the UK sustainable investment labelling disclosure requirements: The FCA provides much needed guidance to applicants By Elisabeth Overland Douglas Bryden Anthea Bowater Emma Rachmaninov Emily Strand +2 more... Show less In a move likely to be welcomed by the market, the FCA has updated its webpage on the Sustainability Disclosure and Labelling Regime to...
08 Nov, 2024 UK Banking Litigation Update By Thomas Clark Emma Probyn Anthea Bowater Miryam Farrelly Sarah Robinson Julia Schulman Rebecca Freedman +4 more... Show less So far this year we’ve seen a range of important cases and developments before the Courts in the UK affecting financial institutions. In...
31 Oct, 2024 Autumn Budget 2024: delivering difficult decisions By Alison Dickie Laura Western In the first Budget delivered by the Labour Party since 2010 (and the first given by a female Chancellor since the role came into...
31 Oct, 2024 Penny for your thoughts? A US and UK take on incentivising financial crime reporting By Ben Morgan Eric Bruce Justin Simeone Alice Brindle +1 more... Show less On both sides of the Atlantic, law enforcement agencies are showing increasing interest in using incentivisation as a means to detect...