Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1288 of 12 June 2026 on the stand-alone suspension of the trading obligation for derivatives in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council has been published in the Official Journal of the EU. It enters into force on 18 June 2026.

Law360, London: Financial regulators have committed to give priority to economic growth over risk-aversion in 2025 under new government priorities, a rebalancing that could create a conflict of interest with a recent focus on protecting consumers.

The Regulations bring into force on 29 December 2025 the whole of the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024. The Act makes provision about paternity leave in cases where a mother, or a person with whom a child is placed or expected to be placed for adoption, dies.

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has announced that the Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026 have been made and will come into force on 6 April 2027. The Regulations require information on certain contractual control agreements affecting registered land in England and Wales—including options, conditional contracts and pre-emption rights that confer a power to control land use or development—to be submitted digitally to HMLR through a regulated conveyancer. Rights granted on or after 8 June 2026 but before 6 April 2027 must be submitted by 6 October 2027. Rights granted on or after 6 April 2027, or existing rights changed or assigned on or after that date, must be submitted within 60 calendar days. HMLR will provide a Practice Guide and regular updates on how to submit the required information over the coming months.

Section 30 of the Charities Act 2011 (CA 2011) sets out the requirements for registering charities. This Practice Note addresses two categories of charities which fall outside the requirement for Charity Commission ('the Commission') registration: • excepted charities and • exempt charities. See also Practice Notes: Charity registration—when to register and How to register a charity What is an excepted charity? Excepted charities are excepted from the requirement to register with the Commission but are still regulated regulated by the Commission, which can require them to provide information about their activities and investigate them if it considers that there is cause for concern. By way of example such charities may be: • connected with churches and chapels belonging to various Christian denominations • scout and guide groups, or • subject to the jurisdiction of the courts See the Guidance on Excepted Charities, published by the Charity Commission. Certain charities which are wholly or mainly concerned with the advancement of religion are exempt from the requirement to register until 31 March 2031 under the Charities (Exception

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published updated guidance on annual rent increases for registered social housing providers, effective from April 2025. The update follows December 2024's publication of limits on annual rent increases for 2025-2026. The guidance operates alongside the 2020 Rent Standard, which resumed full application from 1 April 2024 following the end of the temporary 7% ceiling on increases that was in place during 2023-2024. The updates include adjusted tables for calculating permitted rent increases and maintain provisions for exemption applications from private registered providers.

Law360: The UK's payments watchdog told members of Parliament on 30 January 2024 that some banks are far from ready for compulsory reimbursement for authorised push payment (APP) fraud from 7 October and that it is ready to take enforcement action against laggards.

Law360: An employment tribunal ordered Westminster City Council and Social Work England to pay £58,344 to a suspended social worker they accused of posting anti-transgender content online.

Law360: The financial watchdog should step in to prevent insurers from charging 'eye-watering' borrowing fees for customers that pay for their premiums monthly, a consumer group reported on 17 April 2024.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have jointly published policy statement PS11/25, confirming amendments to the PRA Rulebook and FCA guidance on the loan to income (LTI) flow limit in mortgage lending. Effective 11 July 2025, the policy raises the de minimis threshold from £100m to £150m in annual residential mortgage lending. Lenders exceeding this threshold must ensure that no more than 15% of their new residential mortgage loans in any given year have an LTI ratio of 4.5 or higher. The change follows a recommendation from the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and aims to reflect economic growth since the original threshold was introduced in 2014.

Corporate Crime analysis: Julia Steinhardt, associate at Peters & Peters, considers the key findings of the Spotlight on Corruption report, what she considers to be the most interesting points, what the causes are of these figures, whether the findings should be a cause for concern, the recommendations made and how effective they would be.

Law360: Once the dust settles after the general election, a new government will have to consider whether protection for a person's likeness is required to help crack down on deepfakes created by artifical intelligence (AI), as lawyers warn against a rush to introduce the new form of intellectual property.