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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
27 July 2017
OPBAS – FCA consults on the “supervisor of supervisors”
As part of the Government’s strategy to ramp up the fight against money laundering, a new Office of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) will be introduced in 2018. This follows the introduction of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (see our related blog) on 26 June 2017.
24 July 2017
Privilege, Confidentiality and the Challenge of Modern Technology
The question of when, and in what circumstances, a document capable of enjoying the protection of legal professional privilege will be said to have lost its confidentiality such that privilege cannot apply has arisen in two cases in separate jurisdictions in recent weeks.
17 July 2017
Joining forces in the fight against Grand Corruption
On the 5 July 2017 Transparency International published its UK Anti-Corruption Pledge Tracker. Citing the lack of any formal accountability mechanism to accompanying last year’s Anti-Corruption Summit, Transparency International have put together a “pledge tracker” to do it themselves.
6 July 2017
Highlights from the FCA Enforcement annual performance account 2016/17
The FCA Enforcement annual performance account 2016/17 was published on 5 July 2017 as part of the FCA Annual Report. Director of Enforcement Mark Steward reinforced the Enforcement Division’s mission to open and investigate many more cases of suspected misconduct.
5 July 2017
FCA Annual Report 2016/17: conducting regulation with confidence
As far as end of term reports go the Financial Conduct Authority is pleased to give itself a pat on the back as it believes confidence in it as a regulator continues to improve.
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