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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have published a joint consultation on draft regulations and...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) HMT publishes delivery roadmap for tokenisation of wholesale financial...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) HMT announces first Critical Third Parties as BoE, PRA and FCA oversight...
This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: FCA’s review of AI in financial services discusses potential risks and rewards;...
Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)This Practice Note explains the Principles for Businesses (PRIN) set down by the Financial...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified several breaches by Monzo Bank Limited (Monzo) of the Retail Banking Market Investigation...
Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBSThe Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (FCA Handbook) includes sourcebooks to regulate the conduct of...
Second charge mortgage regimeSecond charge mortgages definedA regulated second charge mortgage is a loan secured on a borrower’s property that is used...
Banking regulation—Ghana—Q&A guideThis Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to banking regulation in Ghana published as part of the Lexology Getting the Deal Through series by Law Business Research (published: March 2022).Authors: WTS Nobisfields—Theophilus Tawiah; Peggy
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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