Apr 29, 2022 Disclose and explain – or else give up the put up or shut up By Elizabeth Doherty Edward Parry-Smith Riley Forson In a judgment recently handed down in the High Court case of Parsons & Anor v Reid & Anor [2022] EWHC 755 (Ch), Master Clark considered...
Apr 28, 2022 Government consults on post-Brexit prudential regime for insurers By Alexander Cibulskis Today the government has released a new consultation paper on its proposal for significant reforms to Solvency II – the prudential...
Apr 27, 2022 FCA implements new requirements for board and executive diversity reporting By Dominic Sedghi Dan Lavender Helen Harvey Macfarlanes' Corporate Law Update reported on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s recently-published policy statement on diversity...
Apr 19, 2022 £2.7 million fine for breach of UK arms controls: but why the lack of transparency? By Helen Harvey Neill Blundell Georgia O'Connor It has just been announced that in February of this year, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) fined an unidentified UK company circa £2.7 million...
Apr 14, 2022 Challenges and opportunities for ESG-linked pay in 2022 By Lucy Urwin Last week Ras Berglund and I spoke at the ESOP Centre’s 2022 Share Schemes Symposium about the growing impact of ESG on executive...
Apr 14, 2022 Might US companies find comfort in separate CEO and chairs? By Dominic Sedghi Richard Burrows Francesca Bird JPMorgan last week announced its plans to split the roles of CEO and chair when Jamie Dimon steps down. Dimon has held the position of...
Apr 14, 2022 Non-fungible tokens: a new means of monetisation By Sonja Dragomir Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have become a topic of significant interest for intellectual property owners, content creators, investors,...
Apr 13, 2022 Jersey reflects on BEPS 2.0 By Bezhan Salehy Yesterday the Government of Jersey published a “reflective paper” that sets out its current approach to the OECD BEPS 2.0 reforms, and...
Apr 06, 2022 Ed Sheeran wins copyright battle By Martha Campbell The High Court has ruled that Ed Sheeran’s hit song "Shape of You" did not infringe Sami Chokri’s 2015 song "Oh Why". Sami Chokri (who...
Apr 06, 2022 UK to amend tax rules in aim to become a “global cryptoassets hub” By Rebecca Rose Gregory Price In a speech at Innovate Finance Global Summit on Monday 4 April, John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, set out the UK...
Apr 01, 2022 UK asset holding company regime opens for elections By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Following two years of consultation, the UK qualifying asset holding company (QAHC) regime has opened its doors. From 1 April 2022...