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Insights and Analysis
08 April 2024
The concept of the “shareholder principle” in English law (also known as the rule in Sharp v Blank [2015] EWHC 2681, in which case the principle was applied) provides that a...
Insights and Analysis
04 March 2024
On 27 February 2024, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published consultation "CP24/2: Our Enforcement Guide and publicising enforcement investigations – a new...
News
11 January 2024
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) introduces two new "pay away" exemptions to the principal money laundering offences in sections 327, 328 and 329 of...
News
02 January 2024
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reminded firms supporting and facilitating unregistered cryptoasset firms of their obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA),...
Insights and Analysis
31 October 2023
On 26 October 2023, the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) received Royal Assent, introducing into UK law the long-awaited corporate “failure to...
News
17 August 2023
The UK Supreme Court in Philipp (Respondent) v Barclays Bank UK Plc (Appellant) [2023] UKSC 25 has confirmed that the so-called "Quincecare duty" – a duty on a bank to...
Insights and Analysis
24 November 2022
The UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the formation of a new working group that will work to develop a voluntary Code of Conduct...
News
27 June 2022
Identifying and reporting instances of potential market abuse is required under the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR'). A firm must have effective arrangements, systems and...
Insights and Analysis
20 May 2022
Last month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Strategy 2022 to 2025, in which it set out its vision and ambitions for the next three years, together with its Business Plan ...
