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March 26, 2025
Russian Pol's Wife Denies Knowingly Breaching UK Sanctions
The wife of a former Russian official appointed by President Vladimir Putin said in a London criminal court Wednesday that she "would never have risked" helping her husband evade U.K. sanctions.
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March 26, 2025
SFO Defends Traders' Rate-Rigging Convictions, Citing Rules
The Serious Fraud Office urged Britain's top court Wednesday to uphold the convictions of two traders for rate-rigging, arguing that benchmark interest rules forbade them from taking into account "personal profit" when making submissions.
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March 26, 2025
WeRealize Denies JPMorgan's Breach Claim In JV Dispute
Fintech business WeRealize has hit back at a JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit's latest claim in a protracted battle, denying allegations that it was planning to breach the terms of a joint venture shareholder agreement.
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March 26, 2025
Gov't Expands UK Fraud Strategy With Focus on Scammers
Fraud Minister David Hanson announced at a summit on Wednesday that work has started on an expanded fraud strategy, with a focus on combating scams enabled by artificial intelligence, according to the Home Office.
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March 26, 2025
Major Banks Lose Challenge To EU Bond Cartel Ruling
A group of banks lost their challenge on Wednesday to a finding by a European Union antitrust watchdog that they took part in a bond price-fixing cartel, a breach of competition law in which UBS, Nomura and UniCredit were fined €371 million ($400 million).
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March 26, 2025
Most DC Savers In Plans With 'Productive Asset' Investment
Almost nine in 10 defined contribution pension savers are in schemes that invest in at least one "productive asset" class, such as infrastructure, Britain's retirement watchdog has said.
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March 25, 2025
Ex-Wife Of UK Activist Barred Over £319K Tax Debt
A U.K. political figure's former wife who owes about £319,000 ($413,000) in taxes has been disqualified from serving as a director of any business for the next seven years because of her failure to keep detailed financial records of her company, the U.K. Insolvency Service announced.
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March 25, 2025
Santander Defeats Claim Over £415K Paid To Scammers
Santander UK PLC defeated a fraud victim's claim over the bank allowing more than £415,000 ($538,000) to be transferred away to scammers, after a London court ruled Tuesday that the allegation had no realistic prospect of succeeding.
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March 25, 2025
Briton Bids To Overturn 'Unlawful' Bribery Extradition Request
A Briton wanted in South Africa over an alleged £36 million ($46 million) government bribery scandal argued in a London court Tuesday that the extradition should be overturned, as the original request is unlawful.
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March 25, 2025
Traders Fight To Overturn 'Unsafe' Rate-Rigging Convictions
Two traders urged Britain's highest court on Tuesday to overturn their convictions for rate-rigging, arguing that it was not automatically dishonest of them to take into account their "trading advantage" when they made interest rate submissions.
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March 25, 2025
Ex-Private Equity Exec Denies Data Theft, Alleges Misconduct
A former manager at private equity firm Appian Capital Advisory LLP has denied stealing the company's data and poaching staff and clients, telling a London court the business sued him after pushing him out because he voiced concerns about his boss's misconduct.
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March 25, 2025
StanChart Loses Bid To Ax £762M From Iran Sanctions Claim
Standard Chartered on Tuesday lost its bid to strike out claims from passive investors worth £762 million ($987 million) as part of litigation against the bank for allegedly making untrue or misleading statements about its noncompliance with sanctions.
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March 25, 2025
FCA Issues Regulatory Reform Plan To Promote UK Growth
The Financial Conduct Authority unveiled a five-year plan on Tuesday to encourage more risk-taking by business, part of a wider effort to fire up the economy.
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March 25, 2025
FCA Boss Presses Pro-Reform MPs For Clarity On Risk
The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority called Tuesday on MPs pressing for regulatory reform for clarification of how much risk is acceptable in the pursuit of growth as he warned of a potential rise in money laundering and property defaults.
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March 25, 2025
PwC Fined £2.9M For Audit Of Steel Mogul's Wyelands Bank
The Financial Reporting Council said on Tuesday that it has fined accounting giant PwC almost £2.9 million ($3.75 million) for a string of "serious failings" during its audit of steel mogul Sanjeev Gupta's Wyelands Bank PLC.
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March 24, 2025
McDermott Hires Skadden Partner To Lead London Tax Office
McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced Monday that it has chosen a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner to serve as the new leader of the firm's U.K. tax office in London.
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March 24, 2025
Caribbean Bank, CEO Accused Of Helping In £415M VAT Fraud
A Caribbean bank and its former CEO "knowingly" assisted in the commission of a £415 million ($536 million) value-added tax fraud, the creditors of a company allegedly linked to the scam said on the first day of a London trial Monday.
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March 24, 2025
Hayes Appeal Set To Test Theory Of Rate-Rigging Convictions
Two former City traders will appeal against their convictions for rigging interest rates before Britain's top court on Tuesday in a case that could have implications for the premise that underpins the rate-rigging prosecutions of dozens of others in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
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March 24, 2025
BoE Tasks 7 Largest Banks With Testing UK's Resilience
The Bank of England on Monday launched its 2025 framework requiring the seven largest banks and building societies to test whether the U.K. banking system can resist shocks or needs more capital.
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March 24, 2025
EU To Ease Financial Benchmark Rules For Administrators
European Union negotiators approved on Monday an amended regulation on financial benchmarks to ease the burden on small and medium-sized firms that operate as administrators.
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March 24, 2025
Oligarch's Charity Seeks Barclays Docs In $50M Transfer Fight
A charity set up by a sanctioned Russian oligarch asked a London court on Monday to order Barclays to disclose documents as part of its case that the bank caused it "significant" losses by delaying a $50 million transfer.
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March 24, 2025
Schroders Wins £740M Pension Management Contract
Schroders' pension investment and advisory arm has confirmed its appointment as fiduciary manager of a pension scheme linked to Aga Rangemaster and will oversee £740 million ($958 million) worth of assets on behalf of the kitchen appliance brand scheme.
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March 24, 2025
Mastercard Seeks To Limit Swipe Fee Damages Bill
Mastercard urged a tribunal on Monday to limit the damages it must pay to intermediaries such as Worldpay over unlawful interchange fees, arguing that the acquirers' proposed damages bill is too broad and covers too long a period of time.
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March 21, 2025
Informal Money Transfers Launder £2B Annually, HMRC Warns
Criminals in the U.K. are laundering an estimated £2 billion (£2.6 billion) every year via informal money transfer services, HM Revenue and Customs has warned.
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March 21, 2025
Former BNP Paribas Solicitor Fined Over Offensive Nicknames
A former senior solicitor at BNP Paribas has been fined by a London tribunal after he used derogatory nicknames such as Jabba the Hutt for work colleagues and used inappropriate language to describe senior staff.
Expert Analysis
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What Russia Case Reveals About UK Sanctions Enforcement
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation recently issued its first enforcement action under the U.K.'s expanded Russia sanctions against a relatively small company for a moderately severe breach — a decision that highlights several questions about the watchdog’s purpose and methods, say Maia Cohen-Lask and Tasha Benkhadra at Corker Binning.
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Breaking Down The UK's Draft Updates To Prospectus Regime
While there still may be changes, the U.K.'s near-final draft statutory instrument to update and in some parts replace the current on-shored EU prospectus regime is likely to represent a significant overhaul of the existing regime and may make U.K. capital markets a more attractive venue for listings for issuers, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Italy's Bank-Profits Tax Plan May Become Model For Eurozone
If Italy's recently proposed 40% bank-profits tax helps keep its populist coalition government in power, notwithstanding the European Central Bank's legal challenges, the passage could spark a windfall tax trend across the eurozone and even in the U.K., says Cris Cicala at Stinson.
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Bitcoin Case Highlights Advanced Age Of UK's IP Law
An appellate court's recent decision in a case involving the copyright of bitcoin's file format emphasizes the role of copyright protection in software, and also the challenges of applying decades-old laws to new technologies, say Marianna Foerg and Ben Bell at Potter Clarkson.
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Accountability Is Key To Preventing Miscarriages Of Justice
The wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson and other recent cases show that in order to avoid future miscarriages of justice, there needs to be a fundamental reevaluation of how investigators, prosecutors and the Criminal Cases Review Commission operate, prioritizing stronger penalties and increased funding, say Thomas Walford at Expert Evidence International and policy analyst Gerald Frost.
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4 Compliance Considerations Under FCA Consumer Duty
Following the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's recent introduction of the new consumer duty regime, firms will need to be mindful of data protection implications when managing their compliance with the duty and data protection legislation, say lawyers at Bird & Bird.
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What Could Come Of CFPB, EU Consumer Finance Collab
A recent joint statement from the European Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau focused on how technology is affecting consumers of financial services, potentially recognizing that legal protections are lacking because tech regulations lag behind its development, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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6 Key Factors For Successful Cross-Border Dispute Mediation
The European landscape of cross-border disputes diverges markedly from the U.S. experience and presents unique challenges, including the amalgamation of diverse cultures and legal systems, but there are several practical steps that practitioners can take to effectively navigate the process, says Peter Kamminga at JAMS.
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Operational Resilience Considerations In Financial Services
A recent letter from the Financial Conduct Authority reminds CEOs of U.K. wholesale banks of their role in the safety and soundness of markets, but all firms can draw lessons and consider their own operational resilience for longer-term security and commercial benefit, says Richard Tall at Faegre Drinker.
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UK Tech Cases Warn Of Liability Clause Drafting Pitfalls
The recent U.K. High Court cases Drax Energy Solutions v. Wipro and EE v. Virgin Mobile Telecoms indicate a more literal judicial approach to construing limitations of liability, even when this significantly limits a claimant's recoverable damages, highlighting the importance of carefully drafted liability provisions, say Helen Armstrong and Tania Williams at RPC.
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How The UK Investment Screening Regime Is Taking Shape
A recent order imposing remedies on an acquisition by EDF Energy highlights emerging trends in the U.K. government's national security reviews of transactions under the U.K. National Security and Investment Act, and shows how the U.K. remedy landscape compares to the U.S. regime, say lawyers at Arnold & Porter.
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Consultations Underpin Mandatory Fraud Victim Repayment
The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator’s recent consultations on authorized push payment fraud reinforce its June policy expectation, which said that unless there is evidence of gross negligence and the consumer standard of caution has not been followed, providers must reimburse fraud victims, say lawyers at Hogan Lovells.
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Swiss Privacy Law Reforms Present Divergences From GDPR
The differences between Switzerland’s recently reformed Federal Act on Data Protection and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, particularly around data breach reporting and the liability of company officers, will need to be carefully managed by multinationals that may have competing obligations under different laws, say Kim Roberts and Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel at King & Spalding.
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New Legislation May Not Be Needed For Recovery Of Crypto
The recent seizure of cryptocurrency under a civil recovery order raises the issue of whether extended powers under the forthcoming Economic Crime Bill are necessary, with the ability to seize crypto-related items that may be the subject of a search order more likely to be of assistance, says Nicola McKinney at Quillon Law.
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Opinion
Russia Ruling Should Lead UK To Review Sanctions Policy
The High Court's recent dismissal of the first-ever court challenge to Russian sanctions in Shvidler v. Secretary of State sets a demanding standard for overturning designation decisions, highlighting the need for an independent review of the Russia sanctions regime, says Helen Taylor at Spotlight on Corruption.