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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…
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Competition Update
10 May 2021 UK National Security and Investment Act receives Royal Assent
Introduction A new national security new regime On 29 April 2021, the UK National Security and Investment Act ("Act") received Royal Assent. When brought into…
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Ashurst Webinar
26 Apr 2021 Distressed M&A Opportunities in Asia webinar
In this webinar, Ashurst speakers Chin Yeoh and Sophie Lyall were joined by Peter Greaves and Christopher So from PwC Hong Kong and discussed real life…
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digital economy update
30 Mar 2021 Exports of controlled technology - new guidance for exporters
Exports of controlled technology are licensable, but very few exporters are aware of all their obligations. In this article we highlight key points in the new…
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financial regulation
22 Mar 2021 The Woolard Review: regulatory expansion potential overhaul
The FCA published a report on change and innovation in the unsecured consumer credit market following a review by its former Interim Chief Executive,…
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financial regulation
08 Jan 2021 The FCA's 2021 New Year resolutions (as predicted by the Ashurst regulatory team)
Interim Chief Executive of FCA, Christopher Woolard, has recently argued that the long-term trend of consumers moving to "tech-enabled" business models speech…
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competition law newsletter | uK
03 Dec 2020 CAT dismisses Facebook application and confirms CMA's wide interim order powers
In a unanimous judgment, the Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed Facebook's application challenging the CMA's refusal to grant certain derogations from an…
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contentious financial services update
20 Nov 2020 The FCA's increased focus on non-financial misconduct: a reminder
" Mr Steward's statement is very much in line with other FCA announcements on this topic, including: the letter sent from Megan Butler (FCA Executive…
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competition law update
11 Nov 2020 UK Government introduces new National Security and Investment regime
On 11 November 2020, the UK Government introduced its National Security and Investment Bill into Parliament, which will significantly strengthen its powers to…
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competition law newsletter | uk
02 Nov 2020 £203m in COVID-19 refunds for Virgin Holidays customers
The CMA announced on 23 October 2020 that it had secured commitments from Virgin Holidays to refund all customers whose package holidays have been and are to…
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competition law newsletter | uk
02 Nov 2020 CMA consumer law push continues - Care UK to refund unfair "shortfall" fees
On 8 October 2020, the CMA announced that Care UK had agreed to refund certain NHS funded residents that had been charged a "shortfall" fee, which the CMA…
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Webinar
02 Oct 2020 Tech disputes webinar series
The panel comprises Matthew Saunders, head of our global arbitration practice, and Christopher Bates, a partner in our Digital Economy team We are also…
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competition law newsletter | UK
30 Sep 2020 Enforcement action against four housing developers and advice on leasehold properties
As part of its investigation into potential breaches of consumer law in the residential leasehold market, the UK Competition and Markets Authority's ("CMA")…
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competition law newsletter | uk
30 Sep 2020 CMA open letter to the weddings sector
The UK Competition and Markets Authority's has published an open letter to businesses in the weddings sector explaining how consumer protection law applies to…
