On 26 July, the FCA launched a consultation paper regarding the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime to all authorised financial services firms, replacing the Approved Persons Regime.

Last week's FCA Thematic Review on dark pools noted that market participants welcome their benefits, but there is room for improvement from both users and operators of dark pools...

The UK government is proposing to introduce sanctions for enablers of tax avoidance schemes and arrangements.

Depending upon where you sit in the market, reservation of rights may be regarded as a matter of best practice or a source of frustration.

Summary: Welcome to BLP's 'Belt and Road Insights' August 2016 issue – a selection of interesting Belt and Road news items, distilled into a monthly 'speed read'.

A landlord's entitlement to service charges for costs incurred around lease termination depends on the accounting and invoicing mechanics stipulated in the lease; the language of the lease is decisive.

Last month Malaysia became the latest country to bring into force legislation providing for the mandatory adjudication of construction payment disputes.

On 8 September 2016 Mr Justice Snowden handed down his judgment in Glenn Maud v Aabar Block Sarl & others in which he considered how the court should deal with a bankruptcy petition.

You should read this if you are handling an insurance or reinsurance claim arising from the New Zealand earthquakes.

The UK's decision to leave the EU will have significant implications for the relationship between UK and EU courts.

The Tax Resolution Group is a key component of our Tax Department.

Last February, we published a guide to the 2010 AGM season which considered the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive and the final sections of the Companies Act 2006 and the effects of these on your AGM and articles of association.

The UK has a rare opportunity to be a global leader in energy storage and the development of smart behind the meter solutions for energy use are central to this.

We previously discussed on this page the New Zealand High Court decision in Wild South Holdings & Maxims Fashion Limited v QBE.

Under the FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions, a contractor must give notice of a delaying event within 28 days or risk losing its entitlement to an extension of time.

The company will seek to identify investment opportunities presented by the Basel III and Solvency II transitions in Europe.

The transaction values the latter at £892.5 million – the largest public merger & acquisition (M&A) deal in Guernsey by value so far in 2017.

The BPRA is a 100% capital allowance for the capital cost of renovation and conversion of business properties in disadvantaged areas that have been vacant for at least a year.

Carey Olsen in Guernsey has just completed the UK’s first ever listing of a closed-ended real estate mezzanine finance fund on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in a £50 million deal.

John Gillies' blog post titled "Robots and the Law" was published by Slaw on May 25, 2015. In the post, John looks at the explosion of recent articles that address automation in the legal market and artificial intelligence (AI) robots.