The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Policy Statement PS25/5, Our Enforcement Guide and greater transparency of our enforcement investigations, setting out the changes it is making to its Enforcement Guide...more
The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (“FSRC”) has published a report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) proposals to change its approach to announcing enforcement investigations, from...more
In a judgment made public on 16 May 2022, the High Court has made unprecedented findings of “extraordinary” and “almost unimaginable” misconduct by ENRC’s former solicitor, Neil Gerrard, and “bad faith opportunism” by three...more
We have recently successfully represented a client at a 3-day remote hearing relating to an application for specific disclosure. In line with the recent guidance from the Commercial Court, the hearing was conducted via Skype...more
In December 2016 we considered the changes proposed by the Criminal Finances Bill (the Bill) in "All change for money laundering regulation? - Impact for the private equity industry." On 27 April 2017, the Criminal Finances...more
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/ Banking Sector ,
Criminal Finances Bill ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Information Sharing ,
Money Laundering ,
Pending Legislation ,
Private Equity ,
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Tax Evasion ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs)