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Welcome to the latest edition of our investment management update.

"This is a case about the meaning of life" was the dramatic opening to a recent First-tier Tribunal (FTT) judgment in the case of Lexgreen Services Ltd v HMRC.

HM Treasury (HMT) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday issued the first in what is expected to be a series of proposals to revise the UK...

As part of the government's Regulation Action Plan published in March 2025, the government committed to working with the FCA to establish a ‘provisional licence' authorisation regime.

In Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 951, the English Court of Appeal has ruled that in an application for recognition at common law of a foreign insolvency...

This month's HR briefing highlights the Employment Rights Bill's key changes, including abolishing unfair dismissal qualifications, new parental leave provisions, and enhanced protections against sexual harassment, set for future implementation.

In AAA v BBB [2025] EWHC 1647 (Comm), Henshaw J discharged a worldwide freezing order (WFO) because the arbitration claim form for the underlying proceedings it was intended to support had expired...

The contractor, John Sisk and Son Limited (Sisk), sought a declaration from the Court regarding the proper meaning of the terms of a JCT 2016 Design and Build contract (the Contract) relating to risk allocation.

The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc) (England) Regulations 2023. New regulations have recently been passed under the Building Safety Act (the Act)...

The Budget was relatively quiet on corporate tax. That reflects the Government's Corporate Tax Roadmap (the Roadmap)...

The UK government has reviewed its national security and investment regime, considering adjustments to sector definitions. New regulations allow individuals to protect their residential addresses from public disclosure at Companies House, effective January 2025.

In a speech at the Guildhall during London Climate Action Week, the UK energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband announced three consultations.

The FCA, PRA and HM Treasury have each issued consultations setting out reforms to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR).

The claimants were the Lindsay family. The Lindsays were Scottish dairy farmers, with farms in Lanarkshire and Cumbria.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has certified four collective proceedings against Vodafone, EE, Three and O2, which allege that those companies abused their dominant position in the UK market...

In cases involving unlawfully obtained evidence, English courts usually admit such evidence if relevant but may impose consequences for improper acquisition. The cases of Bourlakova v Bourlakov and FKJ v RVT highlight potential repercussions, including procedural setbacks and vulnerability to claims for misuse of private information or breach of confidence. In Bourlakova, the use of illegally obtained and potentially privileged documents by private investigators led to the adjournment of a freez

NAV financings are becoming a more common feature of the private capital landscape. In this post, we cover some of the key tax and structuring considerations...

When can a party terminate a contract for repudiatory breach at common law, and what are the risks of getting it wrong? This guide examines the legal tests for establishing repudiatory breach, the critical choice between accepting or affirming the breach, and the potential consequences of wrongly claiming termination rights.