25 Jul, 2024 New Government, same special resolution enhancements – Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill introduced in Parliament By Michael Raffan Fran Kaehr Tey Khoo We have previously written about HM Treasury’s January 2024 consultation on “Enhancing the UK special resolution regime”, which proposed...
18 Jul, 2024 UK Election: the King’s Speech – employment and pensions changes employers need to know By Alice Greenwell Jane Wolstenholme Anika Prasad Amelia Lamp +1 more... Show less In the King’s Speech yesterday, King Charles announced the new Labour government’s legislative priorities. The speech unveiled 40 new...
17 Jul, 2024 UK Election: the King’s Speech – what are the new government’s legislative priorities? By Lloyd Rees The King’s Speech and the State Opening of the UK Parliament took place today with the legislative priorities of the new Labour...
09 Jul, 2024 UK Election: Labour landslide victory – what happens next? By Lloyd Rees As widely expected, the Labour Party has won a landslide election victory in the UK. The party’s leader, Keir Starmer, became Prime...
27 Jun, 2024 ESG around the world: The evolving regulatory landscape for financial services firms By Douglas Bryden Janina Heinz Alison Hashmall Matthew O'Callaghan Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Christopher Bernard Cameron MacDonald +5 more... Show less Financial services regulators around the world recognise the threat of sustainability change to financial stability and the role of...
21 Jun, 2024 Workforce-related tax investigations: watch out for your workers By Helen Buchanan Philipp Redeker Cyril Valentin Laura Western Louis-Antoine Jacquet +2 more... Show less There are, of course, an infinite number of things that can prompt a tax investigation or audit – but within that plethora of...
20 Jun, 2024 UK Election: What will a Labour Party victory mean for UK infrastructure? By Richard Johnson Richard Thexton Alon Gordon James Chapman Vanessa Jakovich Jay Swain Joshua Critchlow +4 more... Show less Introduction Following the release of the Labour Party’s 2024 manifesto, it is clear that there has been a directional shift in...
18 Jun, 2024 UK Election: manifesto comparison for business – how do they stack up? By Lloyd Rees Last week the current governing Conservative Party and opposition Labour Party published their manifestos for the 4th July UK General...
11 Jun, 2024 The UK’s digital roadmap: CMA consults on draft digital markets guidance By Rikki Haria Martin Dickson Saif Gilani Within minutes of the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the DMCC Act) receiving Royal Assent on the evening of 24...
04 Jun, 2024 Reforms to English Arbitration Act postponed due to UK general election By Oliver Marsden Ella Davies Veronika Timofeeva Ashley Jones +1 more... Show less As we reported at the start of the year, certain reforms to the Arbitration Act 1996 were expected to be enacted by the UK Parliament in...
23 May, 2024 Not operating by the length of his foot: UK Court of Appeal further considers the role and remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) By Christopher Robinson Lucy Clark The Court of Appeal has again considered the judicial review of a FOS decision, following its recent decision in R (Assurant General...
08 May, 2024 A Kwik decision from the Court of Appeal in the latest ‘unallowable purposes’ case By Helen Buchanan The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the loan relationship unallowable purpose rule in section 441 CTA 2009 applies to deny interest...