This Practice Note discusses the impact of Brexit on the general processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
The General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 4 May 2016. Its provisions became...
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA 1974), the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the data protection regime before 25 May 2018 and reflects the position under the Data Protection Act 1998....
The General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) contains a set of core data protection principles that controllers must comply with. These are...
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) is the principal legislation governing the financial services sector and regulating securities and investments in...
The principal role of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) was to establish and transfer power to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) following the...
The GDPR On 15 December 2015, the EU institutions reached agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679, which will replace...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly raises the bar on what constitutes consent and in relation to obtaining, managing and recording consent. This...
Historically, many commercial organisations relied on consent as the main lawful ground for processing personal data. This is because the pre-General Data Protection...
The law relating to insider dealing is contained in Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (CJA 1993). These offences are criminal offences and exist alongside the civil...
Market Abuse Regulation—background and purpose This Practice Note explains the key features of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), which repealed and...
The Market Abuse Directive 2003/6/EC (MAD) entered into force on 12 April 2003 and established an European Union (EU) wide regime for dealing with insider trading and...
This note looks at the issues arising for companies trading on the AIM when designing and operating their employee and executive share schemes. It highlights the key...
After four years of negotiation, amendments and drafting Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of...
FORTHCOMING CHANGE: In November 2018, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel published a consultation on proposed amendments to the Takeover Code in...
