26 Mar, 2024 The Mais Lecture: Labour’s approach to labour remains the same By Holly Insley Elizabeth Bullock The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the 36th annual Mais Lecture last week. Her speech, titled “Economic...
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18 Mar, 2024 The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) By James Smethurst Tom Godwin Richard Ho Regina Erie Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less This blog considers the recent HM Treasury (HMT) consultation on the proposed trial of a new ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital...
15 Mar, 2024 Failing to prepare or preparing to fail – PRA policy statement on solvent exit planning for non-systemic banks and building societies By Michael Raffan Lauren Moorin Fran Kaehr In a 2021 speech, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), stated that one of the regulator’s focuses for...
13 Mar, 2024 The Parker Review 2024: Shaping ethnic diversity in UK business By Holly Insley Emily Rigler Gillingham Amelia Lamp Following the release of the FTSE Women Leaders Review two weeks ago (on which you can read our blog post, here), the latest Parker...
08 Mar, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: The Hunt for Blue October By Alison Dickie Laura Western In an unusually rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor delivered what will be his last Spring Budget before a UK general election widely...
07 Mar, 2024 UK Government concludes its consultation on consumer information transparency and makes proposals to update the DMCC Bill By Andrew Austin Kate Collister In brief: The Department for Business & Trade (DBT) has recently published the Government’s outcomes from its consultation on ‘Smarter...
06 Mar, 2024 'De-banking’ claim against Revolut struck out as an abuse of process By Harry White Anthea Bowater In the recent case of Uzbekov v Revolut, the English High Court struck out a breach of contract claim brought by Mr Uzbekov following...
29 Feb, 2024 FCA consultation on publicising investigations: Balancing transparency and collateral damage? By Lucy Clark Ali Sallaway On 27 February 2024, the FCA announced a consultation on proposed amendments to its existing enforcement policy. These include proposals...
26 Feb, 2024 Investment Association Principles of Remuneration – Watch this Space! By Alice Greenwell David Mendel After something of a false start earlier this year, the Investment Association (IA) has now published its letter to FTSE 350 Remuneration...
20 Feb, 2024 Limitation: when does the clock start on date of knowledge? A case note on BAT Industries Plc & Ors v Inland Revenue & Anor [2024] EWHC 195 (Ch) By Emma Probyn Jack Helyar At a Glance The High Court has handed down its judgment in BAT Industries Plc & Ors v Inland Revenue & Anor [2024] EWHC 195 (Ch), which...
20 Feb, 2024 International Arbitration: top trends in 2024 By Ashley Jones Freshfields has launched International arbitration: top trends in 2024. Our annual report, compiled by international arbitration...