by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-26 | Our Thinking
On 29 March 2017, the UK submitted the notification of its intention to withdraw from the European Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. In light of this, we set out in the attached newsletter: what UK financial services firms can do to prepare...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-26 | Industry News
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published Handbook Notice 48, setting out the changes made to the FCA Handbook under the following instruments that were made by the FCA board in September and October of 2017, such as the Financial Services Compensation...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-19 | Industry News
The Court of Appeal considered the circumstances where a parent company can be held liable for the acts of its subsidiaries in the judgement Okpabi and others (on behalf of themselves and the people of Ogale Community) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another [2018] EWCA...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-18 | Awards, Our News, Us in the Press
We are very proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for a Legal Week Innovation Award in the category, ABS Innovation. The Legal Week Innovation Awards celebrate outstanding innovative achievement within legal services and recognise firms that...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-04-15 | Our Thinking
On 5 December 2017, the Financial Reporting Council published a consultation document on its proposals for a ‘shorter and sharper’ revised UK Corporate Governance Code. The UK Corporate Governance Code sets out the standards of good practice for companies in relation...