Financial Services & Tax

Articles

Sizing up the de-banking clampdown

Stephen Elam and Florence Sandberg examine the latest de-banking developments and consider where banks and customers stand now

Sexism in the city: the need for effective change

Catherine Hobby highlights the shortfalls in the Treasury Committee’s recent report and argues that effective change needs to start with a comprehensive understanding of the issues

Bringing disputes in from the ether: the crypto-asset legal landscape in England

James Rogers, Lizzie Shimmin and Michaela Croft provide a breakdown of the English court rulings shaping the developing legal landscape for crypto-assets

Choose your remedy wisely

When the court finds a breach of the director’s fiduciary duty but the company has suffered no loss, choose your remedy wisely say Mark Goodwin and Hannah Catterall

The UK government’s consultation on the Money Laundering Regulations

Steve Smith assesses the government’s consultation in the context of the legal profession

On the Treasury Committee’s Sexism in the City report

Dr Charlotte Proudman provides her thoughts on the findings published in the Treasury Committee’s recent report on the challenges women face in financial services

New divorce report: fair shares and non-marital assets

Chris Longbottom explores a new report looking into the fairness of divorce proceedings and what is deemed marital and non-marital assets

Companies House, the ECCTA 2023 and new criminal sanctions

Mark Jones and Henry Watkinson detail the changes for Companies House introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which mark a significant shift in the role of Companies House