Topic: Capital markets
Subscribe to Capital marketsBanking Litigation Trends – Spring 2024 Update
April 15, 2024
Our Banking Litigation Trends publication explains the risks that financial institutions face so you can take practical steps to manage and prepare for them.
Horizon Scanning: Investigations and Enforcement
March 27, 2024
Looking ahead to the rest of 2024, we predict the significant developments affecting organisations doing business in the UK.
Supreme Court sets out equitable basis of actions in knowing receipt
February 09, 2024
Discussing the recent judgment in Byers & Ors v Saudi National Bank [2023] UKSC 51.
Horizon Scanning: Investigations and Enforcement
November 23, 2023
The regulation and investigation teams reflect on the key trends and developments in 2023 for financial crime enforcement, and look ahead to 2024 to predict developments affecting organisations doing business in the UK will include.
UK investigations and financial crime: Horizon Scanning
June 23, 2023
Reflecting on our previous post on predictions for 2023 in UK investigations and financial crime and looking ahead to the second half of the year.
Tulip Trading litigation: Do bitcoin developers owe a fiduciary duty to users?
May 30, 2023
Discussing the latest decision in the Tulip Trading v van der Laan litigation.
Financial crime investigations in the UK: Looking ahead to 2023
December 20, 2022
As we enter a recession against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical instability, we expect to see significant financial crime enforcement and investigations in 2023, including a focus on emerging areas such as ESG, cryptocurrencies, and significant developments in financial sanctions.
Can a director be liable for a tortious act of the company?
December 14, 2022
In Barclay-Watt v Alpha Panareti Public Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1169, the Court of Appeal has held that a director was not liable as an accessory to a company’s negligent advice.
Can a notice sent pursuant to an ISDA Master Agreement be valid if it is inaccurate?
November 16, 2022
Macquarie Bank Ltd v Phelan Energy Group Ltd [2022] EWHC 2616 (Comm) is the first English High Court judgment which directly considers the requirements for a notice of Failure to Pay under Section 5(a)(i) of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement to be valid.
Liability for misleading or untrue statements: ACL Netherlands BV v Lynch
November 03, 2022
In an historic first, the High Court has delivered a judgment on liability arising from a breach of s 90A and schedule 10A, Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, in the case of ACL Netherlands BV & Ors v Lynch & Anor [2022] EWHC 1178 (Ch).