On 25 July 2012, the FSA published Consultation Paper 12/15 which proposes a number of minor alterations to the Client Asset rules for oversight and reporting (CASS 1A).

The European Commission published on 20th October 2011 its legislative proposals relating to its review of both the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD).

A recent case will be of interest to all those involved in negotiating the restructuring of groups of companies labouring under too much debt where there is a hierarchy of lenders.

The School Food Trust – a registered charity and specialist advisor to the UK Government on school meals, children’s food and related skills – has published new guidelines relating to food and drink suitable for children under five years old. These guidelines are applicable on a nationwide and voluntary basis.

One up-side of the election result is that it may have provided a fig leaf for the Tories to drop their highly unpopular plan to scrap the FSA.

The UKBA published a raft of new policy guidance on 16 March relating to Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 5 categories.

Tier 1 General is a immigration permission for highly skilled migrants which allows an individual to work for any employer in the UK or on a self employed basis (except as a Doctor in Training).

Our recently published guide to coverage defences in Europe provides an overview of the key coverage defences under the law of England and Wales and the extent to which these defences are available to insurers in other European jurisdictions.

A recent Court of Appeal judgment demonstrates that professionals should seek payment of their fees promptly in order to avoid their claim becoming time-barred.

A defendant has been given an immediate sentence of nine months’ imprisonment for contempt of court in signing statements of truth on documents that he knew to contain untruths.

On 4 June the European Commission launched a public consultation on procedures for notifying and acting on illegal content hosted by online intermediaries.

The Committee of Advertising Practice has announced the publication of the final forms of the new CAP and BCAP Codes, following the conclusion of a lengthy public consultation to which 30,000 responses were received.

The clever scheme to acquire the freehold of Dolphin Square has been held at a red light since September 2011

On 30 November 2006 HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) published draft guidance on the UK Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) regime.

Local Authorities have a history of falling foul of the complex statutory consultation requirements relating to major works paid for by lessees through their service charges.

In March we reported that the Health and Safety Executive was planning on postponing the roll out of their new cost recovery scheme.

This week, the FSA and the Bank of England published two papers setting out the PRA's approach to the supervision of banks and insurance companies.

This article provides a selection of the most interesting ASA adjudications from April and a summary of the key issues considered in those adjudications.

This article provides a selection of the most interesting ASA adjudications from June and a summary of the key issues considered in those adjudications. Daily deal offers continue to provide grounds for numerous consumer complaints.

In our Law-Now of 20 October 2011 we reported that the Civil Rules Committee had approved the Property Litigation Association’s Pre-action Protocol for Terminal Dilapidations claims for formal adoption into the Civil Procedure Rules.