The EU has published the draft text of a withdrawal agreement setting out the potential terms of the UK's departure from the EU, including a "fall-back" to avoid a hard border with Ireland...

The use of arbitration is growing in China, both in terms of the number of cases and the value of the claims involved.

Singapore wants e-commerce companies to expand and the digital economy across South East Asia to grow, the government's minister for trade and industry has said as it looks to take over...

The FCA has announced that under regulations which came into force on 18 January 2018, the Office for Professional Body Anti Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) has begun its work.

More than one million workplace premises nation-wide are thought to contain some form of asbestos. The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 will finally come into force in May this year in an attempt to tackle the problem. But despite businesses having had a lead in time for compliance a recent survey by Zurich Risk Services revealed that two-thirds of British businesses were unprepared for the new regulations and only 54 per cent were aware of them. Although these figures are likely to

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) finally came into force in January this year giving individuals a statutory right to see huge amounts of information held by government departments and public bodies. In the first month alone 4000 requests for information were made.

The European Commission has proposed "more robust supervision" rules for central counterparties (CCPs) in a move that has raised concerns over the future of London's euro clearing market.

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The Work and Families Act 2006 contains measures that will significantly enhance the rights of working fathers. Currently fathers are entitled to take just two weeks statutory paternity leave and pay, which must be taken within eight weeks of the child's birth.

The European Commission is set to step back from introducing a raft of new laws to account for changes in the financial technology (fintech) market, according to a leaked document.

The EU insurance regulator will focus its harmonisation efforts this year on conduct of business issues and supervision, according to a new report.

The consultation closes on 21 September 2017, and the FCA expects to publish its new rules early next year.

In December 2009, Burnden went into liquidation.

The High Court has dismissed an application brought by a shareholder to have the liquidators of Jamaica Tavern Limited removed.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has called for punitive fines for misconduct to be replaced by individual incentives in a bid to bring about cultural change in the financial industry.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its intention to take a more aggressive approach to enforcement, while developing closer links between its supervisory and enforcement functions.

Two Employers can be vicariously liable at the same time Employers know that they take the rap for their own employee's errors and negligence. Technically, this is where an employer is 'vicariously liable' for his own employee's actions carried out in the course of the employee's employment.

Not every over-the-counter (OTC) traded financial instrument will be subject to tougher transparency and transaction reporting requirements, the ESMA has confirmed.

The ESAs point out that the legal requirements are those in the Delegated Regulation EU 2017/653 and not the text in the diagrams.

The FCA has published several updates to its website in light of MiFID II coming into force on 3 January 2018. These include: