28 Jun, 2023 Failure to Prevent Fraud: Peers seek to widen the scope By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey Jenny Shelley The government tabled a new failure to prevent (FTP) fraud offence as part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCT...
23 Jun, 2023 Freeze to seize to Kyiv - a first step? By Helen Harvey On 19 June 2023, the Government announced a new package of sanctions which pave the way for assets frozen under the Russia sanctions...
23 Jun, 2023 Data bridge over troubled water: agreement in principle to extend EU-US Privacy Shield 2.0 By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth On 8 June 2023, UK and US government officials announced that they had “committed in principle” to establishing a data bridge that would...
22 Jun, 2023 Trending topics from the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium 2023 By Richard Fletcher Clare Golding Macfarlanes were proud to again sponsor the Annual European Fund Finance Symposium in London this week, now in its seventh iteration, and...
22 Jun, 2023 A lender for every dilemma: FFA 2023 Symposium panel discussion on non-bank lenders By Richard Fletcher Clare Golding At the 7th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium this week, our co-head of fund finance, Richard Fletcher, chaired a panel on non-bank...
14 Jun, 2023 When will a judgment be set aside for fraud? By James Popperwell Nikolas Ireland Madeleine Brown The Court of Appeal has clarified the test to have a judgment set aside on the basis it was obtained by fraud against the court. The test...
12 Jun, 2023 Representative action struck out given need for individualised assessment of each claim By Simon Day Fred Snowball The High Court has dismissed a claim against Google and its subsidiary DeepMind for damages for misuse of private information. Claim In...
08 Jun, 2023 FCA plans response to dissatisfaction of whistleblowers By Helen Carter Daniel Fisher Madeleine Brown In May, the FCA published its findings from a qualitative assessment survey it conducted back in January 2022 to explore the experiences...
05 Jun, 2023 Trust Services Sanctions Guidance: including the thorny issue of persons connected with Russia By Helen Harvey Joshua Rutt On 30 May 2023, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published a blog to clarify the scope of trust services...
05 Jun, 2023 ILPA weighs in on continuation funds By Harriet Miller Henry Stewart-Brown Continuation funds are now a staple feature of the private funds industry as general partners (GPs) look to move one or more selected...
01 Jun, 2023 Meta handed the largest fine in GDPR history for breach of international transfer provisions By Rosie Duckworth Fred Snowball Chris Akka Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra +1 more... Show less On 22 May 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (the Irish DPC) announced that it is fining Meta (formerly known as Facebook) €1.2...