FCA's review of UK Primary Markets: update
The FCA has published a feedback statement on DP17/21: Review of the Effectiveness of Primary Markets.
31 October 2017
FCA's review of UK Primary Markets: Technical amendments to the Listing Rules
The FCA is proposing a number of enhancements to the UK Listing Regime as part of its review of the UK's primary markets.
06 March 2017
Fiduciaries, forfeiture and profit share
We look at the recent case of Hosking where a retiring LLP member was forced to forfeit significant profit share due to breaches of his fiduciary obligations.
16 November 2016
Flix Innovations Ltd v HMRC: EIS conditions strictly applied
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) can provide very significant tax relief for investors in unlisted companies but a recent case shows how strictly the rules of the Scheme are interpreted.
05 January 2016
Flexible working changes
All employees (with 26 weeks' continuous service) now have the right to request flexible working. Previously, the right only applied to parents of children under 17 or for those caring for an adult.
30 June 2014
Financial penalties for employers
It has been reported that the power to impose financial penalties on employers who lose an employment tribunal claim will be introduced in April 2014.
25 October 2013
Financial Conduct Authority: financial penalties significantly higher under the new regime
This article looks at the Final Notice in relation to HomeServe Membership Limited published on 12 February 2014 in this context.
07 March 2014
FCA Policy Statement 16/2 on the Implementation of the UCITS V Directive
UCITS managers will be interested to note that the FCA has today published its final rules and guidance implementing UCITS V, PS16/2 on the Implementation of the UCITS V Directive.
02 February 2016
Film schemes flop following HMRC review: Samarkand case 2015
In Samarkand Film Partnership No 3 and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners, the Upper Tribunal (UT) delivered a decision in favour of HMRC to deny tax relief for partnership losses .
01 July 2015
Financial Ombudsman awards decisions cannot be 'topped up' in court proceedings
The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that consumers who accept a decision of the Financial Ombudsman Service are prohibited from bringing the same claim in the Court for further damages.
19 February 2014
Food and Drink businesses: are you Brexit ready?
Now the UK has officially left the EU, we look at some of the key questions for Food and Drink businesses during the transition period
03 February 2020
FCA confirms the first 24 business-cohort in the Regulatory Sandbox
Four months after the 8 July deadline for applications, the FCA has announced the lucky winners due to start testing as the first cohort of the Regulatory Sandbox.
11 November 2016