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By: Louis Goss

  • UAE fund turns on top City lawyer in bid to exit Iranian-American airline tycoon’s hacked emails case

    City lawyers

    Embattled City lawyer Neil Gerrard suffered another blow this week, after his former client, an Emirati sovereign fund, turned on the ex-Dechert partner, after offering to pay $1m to settle a case brought against it by a powerful Iranian-American business tycoon. The fund’s efforts to distance itself from Dechert’s former head of white-collar crime comes [...]

  • Govt’s union bill could break law, legal experts say

    AGENCY WORKERS

    Lawyers have said the government’s plans to overturn laws that prevent agency staff from filling in for striking workers could face legal challenges under both UK and international law.  The comments come after the government set out plans to repeal the “burdensome legal restrictions” that block staffing agencies from sending in temporary workers during strikes. [...]

  • Chinese firm that owns Lloyd’s building brings in architects to draw up plans if insurer leaves

    City of London

    The Chinese insurance giant that owns Lloyd’s of London’s City headquarters has brought architects into the Grade I listed building to come up with ideas for what to do with it if Lloyds decides to leave. China’s biggest insurer Ping An – which bought the Lloyd’s building for £260m in 2013 – has brought in [...]

  • City watchdog hits Ghana International Bank with £5.8m fine over money laundering failures

    June 23, 2022

    The UK’s financial watchdog has fined Ghana International Bank £5.8m over its poor anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing control measures. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined the London bank over its failure to carry out proper checks for money laundering. The watchdog said that while there is no evidence any money laundering actually took place, [...]

  • KPMG opens virtual office in the metaverse for staff in US and Canada

    June 23, 2022

    KPMG has set up an office in the “metaverse” for staff in the US and Canada to facilitate cross-border collaboration. The Big Four firm yesterday opened its first ever “metaverse collaboration hub,” with a view to letting staff work in an “immersive” virtual world. KPMG said its new virtual office will facilitate collaboration between its [...]

  • Supreme Court ruling paves way for 5G coverage expansion in the UK

    June 22, 2022

    The Supreme Court handed down a fresh ruling this morning that makes it easier for telecommunications firms to deploy 5G infrastructure in the UK.

  • Lawyers say ‘Bill of Rights’ will make government less accountable

    June 22, 2022

    Lawyers have hit out at the government’s plans to scrap the Human Rights Act, over claims it is an attack on the rule of law that risks undermining Britain’s international reputation.   Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said the plans risk ruining Britain’s reputation “with trade partners, business, and in the international arena,” as [...]

  • Credit Suisse and Citco face £430m lawsuit over Chelsea property deal that lost Vatican £100m

    June 22, 2022

    The filing of a €500m (£430m) lawsuit against Credit Suisse and Citco over the loss of millions in charitable funds through a Chelsea property deal has led to calls for greater transparency around the “origins of money used to purchase high-value property” in Britain. The calls come after Anglo-Italian financier Raffaele Mincione’s WRM Group filed [...]

  • City watchdog vows to pursue retrial in collapsed insider trading case

    June 22, 2022

    The UK’s financial watchdog has said it will seek a retrial against two men accused of insider trading, after a jury was unable to reach a verdict last month. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it will pursue a retrial against plastics company exec Stuart Bayes and his friend Jonathan Swann. The FCA accused [...]

  • UK watchdog fines London insurer JLT Speciality Ltd £7.9m for involvement in bribery scandal

    June 22, 2022

    The UK’s financial watchdog has fined London insurance broker JLT Specialty Ltd (JLTSL) £7.9m over its involvement in a multi-million-dollar bribery scandal. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) hit the London broker with a £7.9m fine for failing to prevent financial crime, after an “introducer” working for the firm in Panama paid $3m in bribes to [...]

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