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A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) House of Lords FSRC publishes report on UK regulation of stablecoins....
Law360, London: The number of claims management companies (CMCs) has fallen by nearly half in the seven years since the Financial Conduct Authority...
Expert Analysis: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) are in the midst of introducing changes to the senior...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) MiFID II: Commission Delegated Directive amending Delegated Directive...
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...
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
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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
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