By Harrison Folland
The FCA has published discussion paper DP21/1 regarding the strengthening of its financial promotion rules for...
The Fire Safety Bill ("FSB"), which amends elements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 ("RRO") to clarify the application...
I'm delighted that Burges Salmon will be hosting a further Net Zero roundtable to discuss vertical farming and other innovative methods...
The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has today published a follow-up report on the remediation of...
Written by Brandon Wong
The European Commission has published a communication, "EU Taxonomy, Corporate Sustainability Reporting,...
On 15 April 2021, Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella handed down an opinion in a preliminary reference before the Court of...
On 23 April, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a new webpage containing various resources and information on the FCA's...
Written by Harrison Folland
On 21 April, the Financial Markets Law Committee (“FMLC”) published a letter sent to HM Treasury in relation...
Written by Harrison Folland
On 22 April, the House of Commons Treasury Committee (the "Committee") published its Thirteenth Report...
On 19 April 2021, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published its decision to dismiss the appeal by electronic drum kit manufacturer...
On 23 April, the FCA published a speech, "Cautious optimism for the post-pandemic world" by Charles Randell, Chair of the FCA and PSR.
The...
The EU Commission has published proposals for the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). There's a lot to digest but we set...
Written by Pooja Bokhiria
On 21 April 2021, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) published guidelines for climate...
Written by Harrison Folland
The FCA has published its second Consultation Paper (CP21/7) on the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“
On 19 April, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced further information on plans to boost the UK's fintech sector...
On 15 April, the PRA published Policy Statement PS8/21 "Non-systemic UK banks: The Prudential Regulation Authority’s approach to new and...
Written by Harrison Folland and Chris Walker
On 29 March, the PRA published Policy Statement PS7/21 following on from its
On 26 March 2021 the Forestry Commission published the Woodland Carbon Code Version 2.1. First published in 2011, this voluntary...
The FCA has published a speech by Nikhil Rathi, FCA Chief Executive, on financial innovation, titled “Levelling the playing field –...
The FCA has published a consultation paper on regulated fees and levies rates for 2021/22 (CP21/8).
CP21/8 closes to responses on 25 May...
The FCA published a letter (dated 16 April 2021) from Charles Randell, FCA Chair, to John Glen, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury,...
The FCA has published a statement announcing it will be publishing its Business Plan for 2021/22 in July 2021, rather than April 2021.
The...
The former children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has lodged a claim in the high court over how TikTok collects and uses...
Chaired by Mark Carney, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) brings together over 160 firms from across the financial system...
On 19 April, the FCA announced that it has appointed a new Director of Environment Social and Governance, Sacha Sadan, to lead the...
On 13 April, the FCA published an update reminding certain consumer credit firms of the upcoming changes to pre-contract consumer...
Written by Harrison Folland and Chris Walker
On 14 April, the FCA and PRA published a joint letter highlighting the risks associated with...
The House of Commons Library has released its Briefing Paper for the Queen's Speech 2021 due to be delivered on 11 May 2021. The...
The UK Government has accepted "in full" the recommendations of its expert advisory body, the Climate Change Committee (“CCC”), and is...
A Kevlar thread running through many of the current funding themes is the expectation of fairness between stakeholders and providing...
Recently the Pensions Ombudsman in the case of Mr D and others (CAS 27382-Q6L3) dismissed a complaint brought by pre-2002 members of a DB...
The UK government is currently consulting on the introduction of mandatory reporting on climate-related financial disclosures. The...
Tesco has been fined £7.6m for selling food past its 'use by' date. This is a big fine which might have been reduced if the Court...
On 13 April 2021, the FCA published a speech by Nausicaa Delfas, FCA Executive Director of International and Interim Chief Operating...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced last week that it has opened an investigation regarding suspected fraudulent activity in...
As pension lawyers, our trustee clients commonly look to us to advise them on their risk exposure.
As Suzanne Padmore posted in her recent...
Later this week the high Court will hear submissions in a judicial review of various aspects of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)...
As many in the defence sector will now be aware, the Ministry of Defence has recently made some very significant changes to its...
It’s been widely reported that Britain’s electricity system was the greenest it’s ever been at lunchtime on Easter Bank Holiday Monday....
The Pensions Regulator (tPR) has set out a new policy on its approach to settling regulatory or civil enforcement action. It does not...
Written by Ciara Davies
The FCA has published finalised guidance on cancellations and refunds, aimed at credit and debit card firms and...
Written by Ciara Davies
The FCA has published a new webpage that shows the number of financial promotions that have been amended or...
Leonardo Robinson in our SIPP and SSAS team comments on the key aspects of the Court of Appeal Judgment:
It was hoped that this...
A recent Pension Ombudsman determination (“Mr Y”) has highlighted the importance of upholding members’ statutory transfer rights when...
The Construction Leadership Council’s product availability work group has warned of worsening construction material shortages. Global...
BEIS has recently published its consultation paper on restoring trust in audit and corporate governance. The paper contains a wide range...
There have been a number of judicial developments in 2020/2021 which have the potential to significantly impact planning practice in...
BEIS has recently published its consultation paper on restoring trust in audit and corporate governance. The paper contains a wide range...
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The Department for Work and Pensions has opened a consultation into the consideration of social factors in ESG by occupational...
On 18 March 2021, BEIS published its consultation paper on restoring trust in audit and corporate governance. The paper contains a wide...
On 31 March 2021, the FCA announced that it intends to consult on amendments to the UK Listing Rules and related guidance to strengthen...
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