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Monzo And Barclays Are Fined Millions Due To Inadequate Anti-financial Crime Systems: What Does This Mean For Your Firm?

In recent weeks, the FCA has issued two significant enforcement actions that should serve as a wake-up call to the financial services sector.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herrington Carmichael

Exploring Breach Of Mandate Claims - Banking Quincecare Claims And Asset Recovery After The Supreme Court Ruling Of Philipp V Barclays Bank Plc [2023]

Quincecare claims garnered renewed attention after the Supreme Court decision in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc [2023] UKSC 25 ("Philipp v Barclays Bank"), which considered...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Capital Markets Insight: How To Know When You Need A Temporary CUSIP Number For Reopenings

If you are involved in issuing or trading securities, you are familiar with CUSIP numbers, the ninedigit alphanumeric codes that identify specific securities in the United States and Canda.

Worldwide Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Financial List Finds Claim For Declaratory Relief Brought By Ultimate Beneficial Owners Of Loan Notes Against Issuer Is Arguable

The Financial List has allowed the claim of certain ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of loan notes to continue against the issuer of the notes, where the UBOs are seeking a declaration...

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Reform Of The EU Securitisation Framework—Part 2: Proposed Definitions Of "Public" And "Private" Securitisations

European Union Finance

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Jones Day

Preparing For Sale: Legal Health Checks Companies Should Do Before A Transaction

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

Semenya vs Switzerland – A New Standard Of Review Of Sports Arbitration Awards

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

Commercial Debt Recovery - Best Practices For Prevention And Enforcement

United Kingdom Finance

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Giambrone & Partners

What Makes a Contract Void in the UK?

United Kingdom Commercial

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LegalVision

Daughter Entitled To Sums For Caring For Her Late Mother Prior To Death (Rogers v Wills)

United Kingdom Family

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Gatehouse Chambers

High Court Finds Private Equity Fund Bound By Its Agent Acting With Apparent/ostensible Authority

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FCA Finalises Changes To The UK's Public Offers Of Securities Regime

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Staying Competitive – How Can Businesses Integrate Sustainability Into Their Practices?

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

Payment Issues In Commercial Contracts: The Supplier Perspective (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

UK To Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights From The 2025 White Paper

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

A Practitioner's Perspective: Four Keys To Success For A AssS-To-AI Transition

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

DORA Delegated Regulation On Threat-Led Penetration Testing Published In Official Journal

European Union Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Can A WhatsApp Message Form A Binding Contract? Lessons From Jaevee v Fincham [2025]

In a decision that highlights the legal weight of informal communications and the practical realities of construction contracting, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in Jaevee Homes Limited v Mr Steve Fincham...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gowling WLG

What Is A Breach Of Contract?

A breach of contract occurs when one party to a legally binding agreement fails to perform their obligations as set out in the contract, without lawful justification.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

All Aboard The Good Faith Express, But Mind The Causation Gap

In Matière v ABM, the court found that there was an express obligation of good faith in a number of contracts concerning a joint venture for a subcontracting role in the construction of the HS2 railway.

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

UK Supreme Court Affirms Strict Profit Rule

Rukhadze and others ("Appellants") v Recovery Partners GP Ltd and another("Respondents") [2025] UKSC 10, decided on 19 March 2025,saw the UK Supreme Court decline to overturn centuries...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

High Court Refuses Bond Issuer's Interim Mandatory Injunction Application Seeking To Compel Release Of Funds By Settlement Agent

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Of Appeal Finds Contract Enforceable Despite Lack Of Agreement On Price

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Takeover Panel Publishes Consultation On Dual Class Share Structures, IPOs And Share Buybacks And Two New Practice Statements

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Restructuring Plans Post-Petrofac: How To Demonstrate That The Benefits Of A Restructuring Have Been Allocated Fairly

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

Creative Deal Structures Help Life Sciences Innovators Ride Out The Macro Storm

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Q&A With Richard Lawrence: Real-world IP For A Fast-moving World

United Kingdom IP

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Keltie LLP

Piers Larbey And Izabella Brooks Explore The Legal Landscape Of Hybrid Shareholder Meetings In WealthBriefing

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

High Court Finds Breach Of Express Obligations Of Good Faith But No Loss

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Navigating Business Law In Arizona

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

Does Your Franchise Agreement Impose A Duty Of Good Faith?- Is It Fair, And Could The APK Case Change The Landscape?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

Piers Larbey And Izabella Brooks Explore The Legal Landscape Of Hybrid Shareholder Meetings In WealthBriefing

Piers Larbey, Partner, and Izabella Brooks, Associate, in our Corporate & Commercial department, explore the evolving landscape of hybrid and virtual shareholder meetings in the digital age.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

High Court Finds Breach Of Express Obligations Of Good Faith But No Loss

In a recent decision, the High Court found that a party had breached an express duty of good faith in a collaboration agreement to bid for a large tunnelling sub-contract on the HS2 project...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Navigating Business Law In Arizona

At Harrison Law, we've worked with entrepreneurs and international clients from all over the world – and more and more, they're choosing to build their businesses right here in Arizona.

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

Does Your Franchise Agreement Impose A Duty Of Good Faith?- Is It Fair, And Could The APK Case Change The Landscape?

At present, there isn't a general implied duty of good faith in franchise agreements in the UK unless specifically stated.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

When Less Is Still Enough: TCC Confirms Validity Of Interim Payment Application

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Due Diligence – Who Needs It?

Emily is now going to look at due diligence - what is it, why is it and why does it cost so much?

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Bexley Beaumont

UK Merger Control To See Faster Reviews, Clarified Jurisdictional Tests And Less Intervention In Global Deals

The CMA has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its mergers guidance on jurisdiction and procedure and its mergers notice template.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Reform Of The GDPR In The UK

On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025.

United Kingdom Privacy

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Mayer Brown

Hague Judgments Convention 2019 In Force For The UK From July 1—Key Points For Commercial Parties

The 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Judgments Convention) is in force for the UK from July 1, 2025.

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

Navigating Green Claims: A Comparative Guide For Businesses In The UK And EU

United Kingdom Consumer

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Plesner

Building Purposeful Legal Careers: Innovation, Adaptability, And In-house Counsel's Future

United Kingdom Technology

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A&O Shearman

Fraud's New Frontline: Why Civil Litigators Are Thinking Criminal

United Kingdom Criminal

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Devonshires

A New Milestone For Accessibility – The European Accessibility Act Now Applies

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

The A&D Minute: Beyond Firefighting—regaining Control With The Supply Chain Watchtower

United Kingdom International

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AlixPartners

Section 172 "Good Faith" Duty: Court Of Appeal Clarifies Honesty Requirement, Which Must Be Assessed Objectively

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: June 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

UK's Controversial Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Looms – Banks And Other Businesses Prepare

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

URS v BDW – Limitation, Pirelli, And The Reach Of Section 135 BSA 2022

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25: What This Means For Your Pension Scheme

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

The Expanding Reach Of Environmental Criminal Law

United Kingdom Environment

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Devonshires

Revisiting The DPA 1972: Insights From URS v BDW [2025] UKSC 21

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

When Directors Get Burned: Liability For Corporate Misconduct Before And After Office

United Kingdom Commercial

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Devonshires

Carried Interest Tax Reform: Next Steps

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

New Financial Thresholds For Commercial Court And London Circuit Commercial Court

United Kingdom Commercial

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Devonshires

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CJC Ltd

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Gowling WLG

J2J Construction Conference 2023: Termination – What Can Go Wrong? (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

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