On 14 March 2023, the PRA launched a consultation on the Deductions for Non-Performing Exposures (Revocations) (CRR) Instrument 2023 to remove the current Common Equity Tier 1 ("CET1")...

Delighted to be published in the New Law Journal, looking at how the recent reforms around group proceedings, damages based agreement and litigation funding might play out in Scotland.

Starting up Kemp & Co in 1997, we spent £200k on IT; and for Kemp IT Law in 2014, £40k. In 1997, regulatory authorisation was a 2 line letter and in 2014 a 130 page application.

Litigation costs are often thought of as a hurdle to enforcing rights but they need not be.

The Belgian Minister of Finance, Alexander De Croo, announced that the deadline for the obligatory registration of Belgian entities in the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO)

All those eligible for a partial refund on their power of attorney fees can apply from today (1 February 2018).

Research & Development (R&D) relief was introduced with the aim of incentivising companies to invest in innovation. Currently, there are two schemes; Research & Development Expenditure...

The obligation for solicitors to address litigation funding options with their clients at the outset and during the course of a case, is becoming ever more compelling with the exponential growth of...

Many of Shepherd and Wedderburn's clients who are engaged in philanthropy choose to do so anonymously.

SAO's can incur personal fines if they fail to comply with their obligations. The SAO must give HMRC a certificate each financial year stating whether the company had appropriate tax accounting...

Information will move 500 times faster by 2034, providing the means for cloud-based advice services to take a major slice of the legal market.

So where are we – where is your firm – on the spectrum between ‘business as usual' and ‘the end of lawyers'?

Litigation is a potentially risky and expensive undertaking. Clients rely on their solicitors to inform them of the potential cost of pursuing a matter, including the risk of having to pay someone else's legal fees ...

Less than two years ago, the term "fake news" was not recognised by the majority of people.

It is also an unfortunate truth that litigation is now an accepted part of modern business.

As 2019 is now well and truly underway, it's clear that employers are going to face a set of challenges and opportunities in relation to their occupational pension schemes

In Stevensdrake v Stephen Hunt [2017] EWCA Civ 1173 (31 July 2017) the Court of Appeal considered the application of contractual principles to a Conditional Fee Agreement ("CFA")...

Jonathan Haydn-Williams has made a written submission to Lord Justice Jackson's review of "Fixed Recoverable Costs".

Covid-19 Update: Changes to Companies House filing requirements

The 34th edition of our Global Survey of Accounting Assumptions for Defined Benefit Plans comprises 1,000 companies in 47 countries.