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Key changes to The UK Stewardship Code
The new UK Stewardship Code has been published and takes effect from 1 January 2020… Are you signing up?...
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Brexit Update: The Revised Withdrawal Agreement
After three years of negotiations, three rejections of the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Ms. Theresa May with the EU...
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Brexit update: FCA extends deadline; EU Commission clarifies equivalence decision; Czech Republic and Malta approve no deal laws
With the EU granting the UK another flexible extension of the negotiation period around the UKs withdrawal from the...
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Brexit update: No deal preparations – Ireland and Italy clarify no deal laws
Following on from our Brexit series which focused on the updated no deal measures in the United Kingdom...
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Brexit update: No deal preparations – Belgium, Gibraltar, Portugal, Romania & Sweden
With a no deal Brexit remaining a possibility, the UK, the EU and individual EU members continue to review...
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The EU discusses changes to EMIR
The final text to amend technical aspects of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (the “EMIR Refit”) could enter into...
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Brexit updates- Spain & Poland
Following on from our series of newsletters on Brexit updates and no deal preparation, in this newsletter we look...
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Brexit Update: No Deal Measures Intensify
Following on from our series of newsletters on recent Brexit updates and no deal preparations, in this newsletter we...
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Brexit update- Germany & France
Following on from our series of newsletters on Brexit updates and no deal preparation, in this newsletter we look...
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Brexit updates: Italy, Luxembourg & Ireland
Following on from our previous newsletter on recent Brexit updates, in this newsletter we continue our analysis of the new...
Industry News
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Supreme Court decides on restrictive covenants and “restraint of trade doctrine”
In Peninsula Securities Ltd v Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Ltd UKSC 36, the Supreme Court held that a restrictive...
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ESMA proposes amendments to AIFMD and UCITS framework
On August 18, 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a letter (the ‘Letter”) addressed to the...
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Court of appeal on reliance of ISDA standard terms
In CFH Clearing Limited v. Merrill Lynch International EWHC 963 (Comm), the High Court has dealt with the...
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Signing contracts and holding meetings virtually during coronavirus
SUMMARY The recent shift from office base time to working from home and enforced social distancing measures in the...
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Supreme Court Rules on reflective loss
In Marex Financial Ltd v Sevilleja UKSC 31, the Supreme Court has allowed the appeal and fundamentally restricted...
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Suspension of liability for wrongful trading
On 26 June 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the “Act”) entered into force. The Act introduces some...
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The Upper Tribunal proves it is worth challenging the FCA
The case of Financial Services (Europe) Limited v FCA proves that it might be worth challenging the FCA and...
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Is rectification needed for mistakes in documents registered at Companies House?
There are well-established principles that generally need to be applied where there is a mistake of some kind in...
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Effective ways to execute contracts electronically during COVID-19
SUMMARY Social distancing measures in the current coronavirus pandemic (the “COVID-19”) have posed some interesting questions on how to...
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Notice clauses in ISDA Agreements
A recent decision of the English Commercial Court (the “Court”) – Alfred Street Properties Limited (formerly known as Killultagh...
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