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Contentious Financial Services Update
24 May 2023 SMCR Reform Five important changes that need to be made to the UK personal accountability regime
Back in December 2018 the FCA’s Christopher Woolard boldly declared that “Our message to firms is clear: non-financial misconduct is misconduct, plain and…
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digital assets digest
09 May 2023 Digital Assets Digest: May 2023
Federal Reserve: Speech by Governor Christopher J Waller at the Cryptocurrency and the Future of Global Finance, Sarasota, Florida 32 SEC:…
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competition law update
26 Apr 2023 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: wide-ranging reforms to UK regulation
The UK Government has published the draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill setting out wide-ranging reforms to the UK regulatory landscape.
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competition law newsletter | uk
08 Mar 2023 The CMA consults on draft guidance on environmental sustainability agreements
The CMA is consulting on its draft guidance on competition law and environmental sustainability agreements.
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TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Update
23 Feb 2023 Australian High Court test case set to determine the validity of Victoria's electric vehicle tax
The plaintiffs' case and the Commonwealth's positionThe plaintiffs in the case are Christopher Vanderstock and Kathleen Davies, respective owners of electric…
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corporate update
08 Feb 2023 The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive proposal
We would like to thank Christopher Phillips for his assistance with this article The text of the Commission's proposal defines a long list of regulated…
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corporate update
08 Feb 2023 The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: An overview
We would like to thank Christopher Phillips for his assistance with this article 'Public-interest entities' are defined in Directive 2013/34/EU under…
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governance & Compliance update
23 Dec 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update – Issue 31
The FCA's decision to impose a financial penalty on Sir Christopher Gent for unlawfully disclosing inside information together with themes arising from FCA…
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competition law update | uk
22 Nov 2022 UK Government Update on Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill
On 17 November 2022, the UK Government confirmed in its Autumn Statement 2022 that the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (the "Bill"), initially…
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uk quoted company newsletter
18 Oct 2022 UK Quoted Company Newsletter Q3 2022
Financial Conduct Authority publishes a Final Notice – which imposes a financial penalty on Sir Christopher Gent, the former non-executive chair of ConvaTec…
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governance & compliance update
29 Sep 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 26
It is worth highlighting the recent FCA Final Notice involving Sir Christopher Gent in this context In the Final Notice, the FCA noted that in relation to…
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governance & compliance update
01 Sep 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 25
FCA fines former chair for unlawful disclosure The Financial Conduct Authority has published a Final Notice imposing a financial penalty of £80…
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financial services speedread
24 Aug 2022 Financial Services Speedread: 24 August 2022 edition
FCA: Final Notice: Sir Christopher Gent Retail Services 12 FCA: Press Release: Dear CEO…
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contentious financial services update
15 Jul 2022 FCA/FSA Final Notice findings are inadmissible evidence in civil proceedings
Field cited Hollington v Hewthorn [1943] 1 KB 587 and Christopher Clarke LJ's restatement of the rule in that case in Rogers v Hoyle [2014] EWCA Civ 257 …
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Digital economy webinar
13 Jul 2022 Contracts: What's Hot, What's Not (July 2022)
Chris Bates, a Partner in our London Digital Economy team, presented our Contracts: What's Hot, What's Not series on 12 July 2022.
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competition law update
10 May 2022 Reform of UK competition law and consumer law regimes
On 20 April 2022, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ("BEIS") published a response to its July 2021 consultation "Reforming competition…
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digital economy webinar
08 Dec 2021 Contracts: What's Hot, What's Not (Part 2)
Chris Bates, a Partner in our London Digital Economy team, presented Part 2 of our Contracts: What's hot, What's not series on 24 November 2021.
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funds insider | issue 3
18 Nov 2021 Net Zero and Digitalisation
Authors: Adam Eskdale and Christopher Bates
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COMPETITION uPDATE
23 Jul 2021 UK National Security and Investment Act to come into force in January 2022
On 20 July 2021, the UK Government announced that the substantive provisions of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 ("Act") will come into force on…
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WEBINAR
31 May 2021 Contracts: What's Hot, What's Not
The Digital Economy team ran a webinar on 6 May 2021 which provided a practical guide to some of the key developments in English contract law over the last 18…
