by Leela | 2019-01-29 | Industry News
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (“SM&CR”) is part of the UK regulators’ drive to improve culture, governance and accountability within financial services firms. It aims to deter misconduct by improving individual accountability and awareness of...
by Emma Cleveland | 2019-01-17 | Industry News
In Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank plc (October 2018), the court granted the claimant, Mr Lonsdale, the opportunity to inspect the suspicious activity reports (“SARs”) submitted by his bank, National Westminster Bank PLC (“NatWest”) to the National Crime...
by Emma Cleveland | 2019-01-10 | Industry News
The high court recently considered the interpretation of an entire agreement clause and excluding claims for misrepresentation in the recent judgement of Fawaz Al-Hasawi (“Mr Al-Hawawi”) and Nottingham Forest Football Club (the “Club”) &...
by Emma Cleveland | 2019-01-08 | Industry News
HM Treasury has published a number of draft Statutory Instruments (“the Draft Sis”) including a Temporary Permissions Regime (“TPR“) as a temporary measure to replace the passporting regime in Schedule 3 and 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) in...
by Emma Cleveland | 2019-01-03 | Industry News
In the recent case of Holyoake and Candy (June 2018), the Court of Justice clarified the interpretation of the penalty rule, and how careful drafting can take a clause outside the scope of the rule. THE PENALTY RULE AND ITS POTENTIAL WIDE APPLICATION TO CONTRACTS...
by Emma Cleveland | 2018-12-18 | Industry News
In Standish (“Standish”) and RBS (“RBS”) [2018], the High Court ruled that an alleged overarching agreement between the parties could not arise by implication. THE FACTS Standish were shareholders in a company which suffered financial difficulties, who were...
