Jan 27, 2023 The UK’s upcoming Retail Disclosure Regime: what should firms disclose in the meantime? By Gavin Haran PRIIPs is dead; long live the Retail Disclosure Regime. The Chancellor announced on 9 December 2022 that the Government will revoke the...
Jan 23, 2023 New frontiers of English law: the UKJT’s public consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital securities By Sapheen Meran Thomas Gawda Established in 2019 to support the digital transformation of the UK legal sector, the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force (UKJT)’s...
Jan 23, 2023 Post Brexit: The return of anti-suit injunctions from the English court in cases involving EU member states By Ed Llewelyn-Evans Madeleine Brown Chloe Edworthy In Ebury Partners Belgium SA/NZ v Technical Touch BV and another [2022] EWHC 2927 (Comm), the English court granted an anti-suit...
Jan 19, 2023 Register of overseas entities: "removal" doesn't mean removal By George Mitkov The 31 January 2023 deadline for registering on the Register of Overseas Entities (the ROE) is fast approaching. By that date, overseas...
Jan 17, 2023 Cyber security recognised on World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report By Martha Campbell Tech risks, including cybercrime and digital inequality, have featured among the top long-term global risks identified in the World...
Jan 16, 2023 Nigerian bank’s subsidiary faces second FCA fine for "repeatedly highlighted" failings By Dan Lavender Helen Carter Madeleine Brown Christopher Ward +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently announced that it has fined Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited (GT Bank) £7,671,800 for...
Jan 16, 2023 Construction adjudications: what did we learn in 2022? By George Dew As we ease into 2023, perhaps now is a good time to reflect upon the state of construction adjudications last year – which we are able to...
Jan 12, 2023 The Court of Appeal clarifies the approach to exclusion clauses By Doug Wass George Dew In Soteria Insurance Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 440, the Court of Appeal has ruled that an exclusion of liability...
Jan 12, 2023 Court of Appeal finds that those instructing lawyers in litigation will likely need to reveal their identities By Lois Horne Michael Freedman Madeleine Brown Loreley Financing (Jersey) No. 30 Limited v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1484 is a unanimous decision...
Jan 10, 2023 ChatGPT and legal services By Oliver Jeffcott With OpenAI having released GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT), the newest iteration of their natural language generation tool, we are perhaps a step...