3/31/2025 1:12:13 PM FCA publishes its 2025-2030 strategy: what we can expect over the next 5 years By David Hamilton On 25 March, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Strategy 2025-2030 with the straplines “Deepening Trust”, “Rebalancing...
2/18/2025 3:20:21 PM When reliance isn’t compliance: A classic AML pitfall By David Hamilton This article was originally published by Compliance Monitor and i-law. The Arian Financial case underscores that third-party customer due...
1/17/2025 3:05:58 PM Qualitative technology and its role in human rights due diligence By Mark Stephens Qualitative technology is a research method that uses non-numerical data to understand how people use digital technology. It involves...
1/12/2025 5:06:57 PM Navigating ESG legal and regulatory risks: New domestic legislation, business & human rights, and the OECD principles By Mark Stephens In recent years, there has been an increased focus on the issue of business and human rights. This has led to a number of regulatory...
12/3/2024 11:17:55 AM Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence - Under the Radar? Think Again By David Hamilton The fraud enforcement landscape is undergoing significant change. With the Government's official guidance now published, businesses...
11/27/2024 5:13:48 PM Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence - Government Guidance By Kyle Phillips Alexander Vilardo On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published guidance to help organisations deal with the new "failure to prevent fraud" offence,...
7/10/2024 4:00:31 PM 5 key takeaways from the landmark wrongful trading decision in Re BHS Group Limited By Rebecca Stratton In the recent case of Wright and Rowley, BHS and others v Chappell and others [2024] EWHC 1417 the liquidators of British Home Stores...
7/9/2024 10:25:37 AM Landmark Court of Appeal judgment changes AML landscape in the UK By David Hamilton Fran Garvey The Court of Appeal handed down its landmark ruling in R (on the application of World Uyghur Congress) v National Crime Agency [2024]...
5/17/2024 6:20:18 AM Back to the Drawing Board: UK Government's Net Zero Carbon Budget ruled unlawful, again. By Kerry Price In recent judicial review proceedings, the High Court has ruled that the UK government's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan ("the Plan") has...
4/26/2024 2:43:33 PM ESG - A European Response By Vernon Dennis What is ESG? The ever-increasing multiplicity of issues and accompanying legislation and regulation that are now badged 'ESG' may mean...
4/25/2024 3:37:16 PM The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: The countdown to compliance has begun By Mark Stephens Two years after the proposal was first introduced to the European Parliament, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive...
4/24/2024 11:13:34 AM The 'green premium': How the FCA is responding to greenwashing claims By Vernon Dennis The FCA reported in November 2023 that over 80% of retail investors are looking for fund investment which provides environmental and...