by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-02 | Our Thinking
On 31 July 2023, the FCA’s new Consumer Duty comes into force. The Consumer Duty sets higher standards of consumer protection across retail financial services and represents what the FCA terms a “paradigm” shift in its expectations of firms. The Consumer Duty...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-01 | Our Thinking
Following on from our previous article on the FCA’s Consultation Paper on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels, please subscribe below to access our handy print and keep guide for all the key information you need to know about the...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-24 | Our News, Recruitment
As part of our ‘Meet the Team’ series, we are delighted to feature Sonica Choudhary, our HR adviser who celebrates her first anniversary with Cleveland & Co this week! To celebrate Sonica’s first year with us, we sat down to ask her a few...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-23 | Our News
We were delighted to be named a finalist in The Next 100 Years photography competition. The Next 100 Years are an organisation who are dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. The photography competition’s mission was to celebrate ‘The Way We...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-23 | Us in the Press
Following on from our earlier announcement in relation to Cleveland & Co being selected as one of a handful of law firms that have been appointed under the National LGPS Framework for Legal Services, we are delighted to say that news of our appointment has been...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-19 | Our Thinking
Recent changes to the EU’s standard contractual clauses (“New SCCs”) plus the UK addendum to the New SCCs means firms must review their current arrangements and determine whether replacement agreements are necessary before the 21 March 2024 deadline....
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-19 | Our News
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of a handful of law firms that have been appointed under the National LGPS Framework for Legal Services, in Lot 4 – Investment Work (UK wide). The National LGPS Framework for Legal Services allows LGPS...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-17 | Our Thinking
summary On 3 October, at the Conservative Party conference (the “Conference”), the UK government outlined a revised plan for its reform of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Organisations can expect the UK government to propose amendments to the Data...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-12 | Our Thinking
background On 25 October 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its Consultation Paper CP22/10 (“Consultation Paper”) on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels. The FCA’s proposals aim to build transparency and trust...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-10 | Our Thinking
summary In March 2022, the European Union (“EU”) Commission and the United States (“US”) announced that they had agreed, in principle, on a new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”) to facilitate the transatlantic flow of EU personal data to the US. In...
