Senior Managers and Certification Regime extension: near-final rules published
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is being extended to insurers and FCA-regulated firms. We review the revised and near-final rules.
15 August 2018
Senior Managers and Certification Regime: General Counsel and Heads of Legal in the frame?
Hot on the heels of our previous SM&CR update, we bring you further news on this topic, specifically in relation to individuals with overall responsibility for a firm’s legal function.
02 February 2016
Safeway Ltd v Newton & Other: Advocate General Tanchev of the CJEU delivers his opinion
Advocate General proposes EU law prohibition on retrospectively introducing equality in retirement ages applies even where such change was permissible under UK law.
28 March 2019
Shorter trials scheme: L'Oréal successful in patent and designs case
L’Oréal wins skincare device case using shorter trials procedure pilot scheme.
27 March 2018
Sharing out the responsibility for repeated negligence
Where two (or more) advisors or suppliers are involved in providing a service (or goods) and both are (separately) negligent how do they share the claim? Our dispute resolution team explains.
03 January 2014
Settlement agreements and confidential pre-termination negotiations
The government has announced that reforms to settlements and confidential pre-termination negotiations under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will come into force on 29 July 2013.
17 July 2013
SFO fines Rolls-Royce £497m for bribery offences: what does it mean for the rest of us?
The largest fine in UK criminal enforcement history and the use of a deferred prosecution agreement signals the latest move towards a US style criminal enforcement model.
30 January 2017
The new normal: SFO enters into £129 million Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Tesco
In entering its fourth deferred prosecution agreement, the Serious Fraud Office has imposed a fine of £129 million on Tesco for artificially inflating its profits and misleading investors.
05 May 2017
The 'Great Repeal Bill' White Paper
We examine the government's White Paper on the proposed approach to withdrawing from the European Union and what will happen to EU-derived law.
22 May 2017
The importance of making reasonable adjustments during a redundancy process
In London Borough of Southwark v Charles, the EAT recently upheld a Tribunal decision that an employer failed to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee in a redundancy exercise.
28 August 2014
The Paris Climate Change Agreement enters into force: what next?
The Paris Agreement marks the first time that governments have legally agreed to take measures to limit global temperature increases.
04 November 2016
The impact of Brexit on fintech in the UK
We consider the possible future of the UK’s thriving fintech scene, and how it may develop post-Brexit.
13 July 2016