The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has established a significant new public-private partnership with seven major UK banks to enhance financial crime detection using shared data. This collaboration, launched in May 2024, merges bank transaction data with NCA crime data, leading to 90 intelligence packages and the identification of eight organized crime networks. The initiative, building on a successful pilot, aims to reduce banks' risks and improve anti-financial crime measures, highlighting th

Welcome to this month's briefing for HR teams and in-house employment counsel – bringing you this month's employment law highlights in an easy-to-read package.

The second Supreme Court judgment from this month looks at the employment status of a group of football referees.

In a podcast, David Gauke, Matthew Ramsey, and Kirti Tiwari-Mehta discuss potential Labour employment law reforms, including unfair dismissal protections, worker classifications, pay gap reporting, and the "right to switch off."

David Gauke and Rachel Richardson discuss Labour and Conservative ESG policies, including climate policies, green finance, Labour's National Wealth Fund, Energy Independence Act, sustainable farming, and biodiversity strategies, in a pre-election podcast episode.

The law governing wills is a matter of fundamental importance, as it has the potential to touch the lives of virtually everyone.

The Government intends to introduce a new requirement for tax advisers who interact with HMRC on behalf of clients to register with HMRC and meet minimum standards.

The FCA has today confirmed that it has shelved its proposals to publicise live enforcement investigations. This announcement follows unprecedented criticism...

In advance of the upcoming Supreme Court hearing starting on 1 April 2025 to determine the liability of motor finance lenders paying discretionary commission to car dealers...

This series of reports examines the evolving European and UK defence sector landscape for private capital funds (PCFs) and institutional investors, given wider shifts in global geopolitics

This follows the FCA's announcement last month1 that it would clarify its position on historic supervisory communications and forms part of the FCA's strategy to simplify its requirements applicable to firms.

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued direct warnings to football clubs about sponsorship deals with unauthorised financial services firms, particularly those operating cryptocurrency exchanges or trading platforms.

The FCA updated its Overseas Fund Regime (OFR) webpage with guidance for submitting applications and compliance expectations. The OFR gateway opens on 30 September 2024 for new funds, while Temporary Marketing Permissions Regime (TMPR) funds follow in October 2024.

Welcome to this month's briefing for HR teams and in-house employment counsel – bringing you this month's employment law highlights in an easy-to-read package.

Macfarlanes has successfully obtained an order forcing two trustees, Christopher Burgess and Redshank Business Services Limited, to explain their management of approximately £12.5m paid...

In a brief interim judgment, the High Court has decided that it is appropriate for an applicant who succeeded in obtaining a freezing injunction to itself give disclosure of certain of its worldwide...

The much-anticipated decision of the Upper Tribunal (UT) in the BlueCrest salaried members' rules (SMR) appeal is out. LLP managers will be pleased that the UT...

In real estate finance transactions, a borrower will usually be required to grant a charge over their bank accounts to the lender.