News & Insights (Finance Litigation)

23-Nov-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - November 2011

Welcome to Taylor Wessing's November 2011 Finance Update summarising what we think are the more interesting recent legal ...

01-Nov-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Financial Disputes Update - November 2011

Welcome to the second edition of the Taylor Wessing financial disputes and contentious regulatory newsletter. Every quarter, we ...

31-Oct-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - October 2011

Welcome to Taylor Wessing's October 2011 Finance Update summarising what we think are the more interesting recent legal ...

27-Sep-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - September 2011

Welcome to the September 2011 Finance Update summarising what we think are the more interesting recent legal developments in ...

31-Aug-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - August 2011

Welcome to Taylor Wessing's August 2011 Finance Update summarising what we think are the more interesting recent legal ...

01-Aug-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - July 2011

Welcome to the July 2011 Finance Update summarising what we think are the more interesting recent legal developments in ...

27-Jul-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

The wide reach of the English Courts: Commercial Court rules on matters of foreign law when determining whether a contract is void for illegality

The Commercial Court has held that Ceylon Petroleum Corp ("CPC"), a Sri-Lankan state owned oil company, failed to show ...

21-Jul-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services

Data Security: Is your organisation hacked or hacked off?

With hacking and data security issues dominating the news right now, readers could be forgiven for turning to other news stories ...

12-Jul-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Financial Disputes Update - July 2011

Welcome to the first edition of the Taylor Wessing financial disputes and contentious regulatory newsletter. Every quarter, we ...

08-Jul-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services

Why is a banker like a police informant?

The high court has recognised the importance of protecting the identity of employees reporting suspicions under the Proceeds of ...

30-Jun-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services

The new FCA – "tougher and bolder", but also costlier

The FSA has asserted that the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be "tougher and bolder" than the FSA has been. ...

22-Jun-2011  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Pharmaceutical Law

Clause with teeth: Rights of First Refusal and Liability Caps

Right of first refusal clauses are by no means uncommon in commercial contracts.  But they are relatively rarely ...

21-Jun-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - June 2011

Welcome to the June edition of Finance Update. This month we look at: Execution of documentsMAC clause used to accelerate a ...

03-Jun-2011  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Open Offers - Navigating the Part 36 Minefield

CPR Part 36 ("Part 36"), under which litigants can make formal settlement offers for costs protection has given rise to ...

25-May-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services

Double first for the FSA

The FSA has obtained its first High Court injunction to prevent market abuse and has issued a fine of £1m against an individual, ...

25-May-2011  |  Financial Institutions & Services

Taylor Wessing boosts commercial disputes capability with three new partner hires

Taylor Wessing is delighted to announce the arrival of three new partners to its growing Commercial Disputes group. Tim Strong, ...

18-May-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - May 2011

Welcome to the May edition of Finance Update. We hope you like the new look. This month we look at: Be careful what you say – ...

09-May-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services

High Court opines on COB/COBS customer classification rules

On 22 March 2011, the Commercial Court (Flaux J) handed down its judgment in the case of Bank Leumi (UK) PLC v Linda Joy Wachner ...

24-Mar-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - March 2011

Welcome to the March issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: S123(2) - The Balance Sheet test – Still a bit of a ...

16-Feb-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - February 2011

Welcome to the February issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: Negligent legal advice: Extent of the lawyers’ ...

20-Jan-2011  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - January 2011

Welcome to the January issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: Changes Proposed to security registration ...

17-Dec-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - December 2010

Welcome to the December issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: Pensions: What is the effect of Financial Support ...

16-Dec-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Restructuring & Corporate Recovery Update - December 2010

Welcome to the December issue of Restructuring & Corporate Recovery Update. In this issue we look at: Pensions: What ...

11-Nov-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - November 2010

Welcome to the November issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: Intercreditor Arrangements: make sure they provide the ...

13-Oct-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - October 2010

Welcome to the October issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: Guarantees – check your drafting Subrogation can save ...

15-Sep-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - September 2010

Welcome to the September issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: S123(2) - The Balance Sheet test - A bit of a ...

16-Jun-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions & Services, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - June 2010

Welcome to the June issue of Finance Update. This month we look at: Injunctions sought by Administrators: who should provide the ...

23-Apr-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Finance Update - April 2010

Welcome to the April issue of Finance Update.

02-Mar-2010  |  Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions & Services, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

International asset freezing: the US and UK perspectives

This article examines the remedies available from the US and UK courts to prevent the dissipation of funds pending the ...

11-Nov-2009  |  Banking & Finance, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Structured Product Misselling - Avoiding the Fallout

Another product under scrutiny Structured products (specifically Lehman-backed) are the latest in a long line of products ...

10-Nov-2009  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Is harmony achievable in EU dispute resolution?

In the current climate, there has been a marked increase in the willingness of stakeholders to litigate their financial services ...