{"id":224520,"date":"2025-08-04T10:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=224520"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:21:01","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/financial-regulatory-and-disputes-summit-2025\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>8.15am Attendee Arrival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.00am Opening Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Catherine Gibaud KC, 3VB<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9.10am <\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Navigating Class Actions: Strategies and Challenges in Defending UK Collective Litigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session explores the rise of UK collective actions, drawing lessons from the competition sphere and highlighting effective defence strategies for non-competition cases. Discussion points will include evolving funding models and the practical implications of the current opt-out regime.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Felicity Ewing, partner and head of financial services disputes, Dentons UK<\/li>\n<li>Tom Hanson, disputes partner, Dentons UK<\/li>\n<li>Tom Leyland, disputes partner, Dentons UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10.00am PRA\/FCA Enforcement in 2025 \u2013 Key Decisions, Trends and Future Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saima Hanif KC (3VB) and Anthony Monaghan (FCA) will review recent enforcement activity, including notable cases such as Monzo Bank and Hambro, key Upper Tribunal decisions (Donaldson, Staley), and major court judgments (Markou, Bluecrest, CIT). The discussion will conclude with insight into expected supervisory and enforcement trends for 2026 \u2013 from the Treasury\u2019s growth agenda to the FCA\u2019s expanded AML\/CTF remit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Saima Hanif KC, 3VB<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Monaghan, director of retail and regulatory investigations, FCA<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Claire Cross, partner, Corker Binning\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Katie Stephen, <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">partner, co-head of the contentious financial services group, London<\/span>, Norton Rose Fulbright<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10.50am Networking Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.10am Beyond Compliance: Delivering Better Outcomes and Protections for Consumers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A deep dive into whether regulatory and legislative changes \u2013 including the Consumer Duty and non-financial misconduct reforms \u2013 are genuinely improving outcomes for consumers and strengthening trust in financial services. The panel will consider how culture, transparency, and redress mechanisms can drive meaningful change and reduce litigation risk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah Mant, managing associate, Pennington Manches Cooper<\/li>\n<li>Michael Brown, partner, commercial disputes, Penningtons Manches Cooper<\/li>\n<li>Teja Picton-Howell, senior consultant, Penningtons Manches Cooper<\/li>\n<li>Tom Walker, partner, Pennington Manches Cooper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.00pm\u00a0<\/strong><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Nuts and Bolts of Upper Tribunal Proceedings<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Insights and experiences of practice before the Upper Tribunal, covering key procedural and practical issues such as privacy applications, disclosure, and case management.\u00a0A conversational, insight-led discussion with senior regulatory and litigation experts from 3VB.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\">Adam Temple, barrister, 3VB<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\">Jill Lorimer, partner, Kingsley Napley<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12.30pm Legal 500 Fireside Chat <em>&#8211; <\/em>Managing Reputational Risk Around Litigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A focused discussion exploring how businesses can navigate reputational challenges during high-profile disputes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Evans, joint managing director, Byfield<\/li>\n<li>Georgina Stanley, editorial director, Legal 500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1.05pm Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Catherine Gibaud KC, 3VB<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1.10pm Lunch and Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8.15am Attendee Arrival 9.00am Opening Remarks Catherine Gibaud KC, 3VB 9.10am \u00a0Navigating Class Actions: Strategies and Challenges in Defending UK Collective Litigation This session explores the rise of UK collective actions, drawing lessons from the competition sphere and highlighting effective defence strategies for non-competition cases. Discussion points will include evolving funding models and the practical &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/financial-regulatory-and-disputes-summit-2025\/agenda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Agenda&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":224512,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-224520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239872,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224520\/revisions\/239872"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}