The landscape of arbitration in England and Wales is undergoing its most significant transformation since 1996. The newly reformed Arbitration Act introduces several key changes, not to revolutionise but to refine and modernise a system already held in high regard globally. For businesses, legal practitioners, and academics involved in international

This is a very recent decision on the applicability of CPR 83.7 and whether “special circumstances” had arisen which would render it inexpedient to enforce the judgment. The Court decided all recourse against the arbitration awards had already been exhausted and there was no legitimate basis for granting a stay

The FCA has recently indicated that it intends to severely cut back on the number of redress schemes so this case may be one of the last assuming that the FCA succeeds before the Supreme Court. Bluecrest is appealing the decision of the Court of Appeal . The background is as

Barclays Bank will be hoping that the whole Jeffrey Epstein saga has come to an end following the Final Notice which has been issued by the FCA against Jes Staley. Often with regulatory findings there is subsequent civil litigation. In this case there is a class action in California against

Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is a UK financial services regulatory framework introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2016. The SMCR was created to ensure that individuals in the financial services industry are held personally accountable for their actions and to increase the level of trust consumers

Economic torts are a complex area of law that arise when someone suffers a loss as a result of another person’s unlawful conduct. The aim of economic torts is to protect people from a range of activities that cause harm to their business interests. Under English law, economic torts are recognised as a distinct category of tortious behaviour.