Sep 2020

publication

Further recent changes have been announced in respect of employer and employee supports. We have updated our summary of these supports to reflect recent changes.

Sep 2020

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With the unprecedented effect COVID-19 has had (and continues to have) many employers breathed a sigh of relief when the UK government announced that the Finance Bill 2020 due to be implemented on 6 April 2020...

Sep 2020

Article

On 7 September 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued draft guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor.

Sep 2020

Article

The European Banking Authority and the European Securities Markets Authority have opened a consultation on changes to the Joint ESMA and EBA Guidelines on the assessment of suitability of members of the management body and key function holders. 

Sep 2020

Article

Proposed revisions to the European Banking Authority (EBA) Guidelines on internal governance (the EBA Guidelines) are currently under consultation.

Sep 2020

Article

New Money Laundering Bill 2020

Sep 2020

Article

In the second part of our coverage of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (the Act), we consider amendments made to certain insolvency provisions of the Companies Act 2014 (the 2014 Act).

Sep 2020

Article

The European Union (EU) "Foreign Direct Investment Regulation" or "FDI Regulation" applies from 11 October 2020

Sep 2020

article

Sometimes a wrongful act will not only damage a company, but also its creditors, employees, and shareholders. A doctrine known as the "reflective loss principle" limited the circumstances in which claims could be pursued by such parties for losses "reflecting" those suffered by the company (which could presumably pursue such a claim in its own right).

Sep 2020

Article

On 7 August 2020, the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman (FSPO) published volume 4 of its Digest of Legally Binding Decisions; this included 22 decisions which were issued between January 2020 and May 2020.