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On April 6 2025, the Competition Market Authority’s (CMA) new enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill...

After fourteen years of Conservative rule, the Labour Party has secured a landslide general election win. Starting with illegal...

As organisations and individuals consider how best to leverage AI and establish appropriate governance guardrails in their own contexts,...

Mutual wills are the stuff of legal cautionary tales. These unusual devices typically involve a married couple entering into wills in...

A new year. A new Cabinet. As exciting as the comings and goings into No. 10 can be during a reshuffle, the tax community can take some...

A welcome breath of Brexit pragmatism, in the interests of business and its customers, from Andrew Bailey at the City Banquet, Mansion...

In this valuable article from Real Estate Capital, the issues facing lenders on retail property financings and the lack of palatable...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has (i) published its final report and guidelines on reporting under the Securities...

The Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (the Working Group), the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority have...

Pursuant to Article 4(2)(d) of the draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, securitisation...

Following the leak of a draft European Commission white paper, it has been reported that the Commission is considering implementing a...

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution which will require the European Commission to answer questions relating to...

At the end of January 2020, the UK courts convicted an individual of failing to comply with the terms of a “Section 2 Notice” issued...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its long-awaited feedback statement on patient capital and authorised funds (FS20/2),...

Obscured by the other (perhaps understandably) more high-profile measures in yesterday’s Budget (Wednesday 11 March) was a potentially...

HM Treasury (HMT) yesterday launched a consultation on a proposed new framework for the post-Brexit marketing of non-UK funds to retail...