In Nayif v The High Commission of Brunei Darussalam [2014] EWCA Civ 1521 the Court of Appeal allowed a personal injury claim to be pursued in the High Court, even though a discrimination claim based on the same facts was...more
In this report, Sarah Hitchins and Andrew Lee, associates in Allen & Overy LLP's Banking, Finance and Regulatory Litigation Group, consider the High Court's judgment in Financial Conduct Authority v Anderson [2014] EWHC 3630...more
In this report, Sarah Hitchins, an associate in Allen & Overy LLP's Banking, Finance and Regulatory Litigation Group, considers the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (the Upper Tribunal) in which it...more
In this case report we consider enforcement action taken by the FCA in relation to three former senior executives of a large retail insurance firm (the former Chief Executive, Finance Director and Marketing Director). This...more
In Christian Kruppa v Alessandro Benedetti & anr [2014] EWHC 1887 (Comm), 11 June 2014, the Commercial Court held that a dispute resolution clause that required the parties to "endeavour" to resolve a dispute through...more
In this case report, Sarah Hitchins, an associate in Allen & Overy LLP’s Banking, Finance and Regulatory Litigation Group, considers the High Court’s decision to allow an application for permission to bring judicial review...more
In this report we consider the FCA’s decision to fine Invesco Asset Management Ltd and Invesco Fund Managers Ltd (together, Invesco Perpetual) £18,643,000 for failings relating to fund management and for exposing investors to...more
On 6 May 2014, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that HM Treasury would undertake a review of the enforcement decision making processes for the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority...more