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Tougher UK Sanctions Penalties on the Horizon as Consultation is Launched

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On 22 July 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published a consultation paper proposing significant reforms to its civil enforcement processes. The proposals aim to enhance the effectiveness,...more

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To ‘cut sewage pollution in half by 2030’ the Government seizes on the Cunliffe Report to restructure environmental law

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UK, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has announced immediate changes and a review of environmental law in response to the Independent Water Commission’s 465-page report (the "Cunliffe Report") on the UK's water industry....more

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Copyright and Generative AI

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On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025. The DUA Act principally reforms the General Data...more

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UK Data (Use and Access) Bill: copyright clauses finally agreed

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The Data (Use and Access) Bill was finally agreed by the House of Commons and House of Lords on 11 June 2025, in a final round of parliamentary ‘ping-pong’. The Bill is now waiting for Royal Assent. A number of...more

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Reforms to UK clinical trials framework passed into law

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The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were officially signed into law on 10 April 2025, marking a significant development in the UK clinical trials framework (the Medicines for Human Use...more

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UK FCA policy statement on the DTO and PTRR services

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its policy statement (PS25/2) with final rules on the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO) and the new framework for the exemptions...more

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The end of the road for (most of) the FCA's transparency proposals

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Just over a year ago, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found itself at the centre of strong industry and political feedback when it first published its controversial proposals to ‘name and shame’ firms that it had...more

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Regulating for Growth: how will the UK’s regulatory landscape change?

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The Government has publicly tasked regulators with taking decisions “for growth, not just for risk”. This article explores how the Government’s political pressure on regulators might influence their behaviour, and what that...more

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UK FCA “naming and shaming” proposals: the House of Lords steps in.

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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

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Introducing a ‘SOX-Lite’ Regime in the UK: Learning From Experience in the US

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Nearly two decades after the enactment of SOX, which was precipitated by several high-profile corporate and accounting scandals in the US during the late 1990s and early 2000s, UK and European regulators are grappling with a...more

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