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In this issue: Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management UK MiFID II Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance FSMA regulated pensions activity Payment services and systems Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Prudential requirements COREPER asked to endorse agreement on CCP concentration risk treatment After the European Parliament adopted, in April 2024, a proposal for a directive of the Parliament and the Council to amend Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS), Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD IV) and the Investment Firms Directive (EU) 2019/2034 (IFD), the Council of the EU’s General Secretariat released an ‘I/A’ Item Note inviting the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) to confirm its agreement...

In this issue: Road traffic accidents Employer’s liability Evidence and disclosure Civil procedure rule committee minutes Other PI and Clinical negligence news LexTalk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts LexisNexis® Webinars Useful information Road traffic accidents Draft regulations introduced to increase whiplash compensation tariffs The Ministry of Justice has presented the draft Whiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025 to Parliament, suggesting a 15% uplift to the fixed-tariff awards for whiplash lasting up to two years. Subject to parliamentary approval, the revised figures will take effect for injuries sustained on or after 31 May 2025. The adjustment reflects Consumer Prices Index movements since 2021 and builds in an inflation cushion through to 2027. The 2021 tariff will continue to govern accidents before 31 May 2025. See: LNB News 21/03/2025 32 and LNB News 21/03/2025 22. Court allows the Commissioner of the Police for the Metropolis to be added...

In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post-Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Subsidy control and State aid Public procurement Management and strategic planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines ESC publishes fifth Report of Session 2023–2024 The European Scrutiny Committee (ESC) has released its fifth Report for Session 2023–2024, covering items considered at that meeting too. At its 13 December 2023 meeting, the ESC reviewed Windsor Framework material from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on formaldehyde and legislative changes to EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) rules. The Committee also examined Trade and Cooperation Agreement papers from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) concerning electric accumulators and electrified vehicles. See: LNB News 14/02/2024 27. Brexit SIs Railways (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations...

ARCHIVED This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is provided solely for background purposes. Please note that some links may no longer point to the provisions as they stood when this guidance was issued and originally published. For details of earlier and later amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. Agenda and minutes The draft agenda for the CPR Committee (CPRC) open meeting on 11 May 2018 is available here: The agreed minutes can also be found here: The meeting was presided over by Mr Justice Coulson, while Sir Terence Etherton delivered the opening remarks, expressly noting the breadth of the CPRC’s work and the considerable success of its open meetings (which have been held since June 2006). Membership (Agenda item 3) It was noted that: District Judge Lethem will continue to serve a further term on the CPRC a new barrister member will be appointed to replace Mr Johnathan Klein Ms Kate Wellington,...

This overview records developments on UK-EU Trade Cooperation Agreement matters, with a focus on the Partnership Council and the Specialised Committees overseeing its implementation and related activity. Publication Date Meeting/Agenda/Statement/Development 2 October 2025 Fifth meeting of the Trade Specialised Committee on Public Procurement under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement—Agenda 1 October 2025 Trade Specialised Committee on Public Procurement—Agenda 30 September 2025 Fifth meeting of Trade Specialised Committee on VAT Administrative Cooperation and Recovery of taxes under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement—Agenda 19 September 2025 Sixth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Energy under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement—Minutes 15 September 2025 Eleventh meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement—Agenda 10 September 2025 Fourth Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement—Minutes 27 August 2025 Second meeting of the Working Group on Motor Vehicles and Parts...

Practice Note Congratulations; you’ve landed your first post as an in-house lawyer. It’s day one, and everyone is warm and welcoming—a positive start. Yet the business has never had in-house counsel before, and you have come straight from private practice—so where should you begin? This Practice Note is the first in a series created to help you quickly become an effective part of your organisation. It sets out practical actions you should make time to complete in your opening weeks, together with longer-term projects to keep in mind and for which you should start preparing. Each of those actions is developed in more detail across related Precedents, Practice Notes and Checklists to support you as you get started in your new role. This Practice Note is intended for a new in-house lawyer joining an organisation that has not previously had anyone in an in-house position. If you are taking up your first in-house role but are replacing someone who has held it before, see Practice Note: Taking...

Part 1, interpretation and limitation of liability Unless the context requires otherwise, these articles use terms defined in the Companies Act 2006 (and any amending or subordinate legislation) and within these articles. Defined terms include: address; articles; bankruptcy (including similar overseas procedures); chair and chair of the meeting (articles 13 and 30); Companies Acts; director (including anyone acting as such); document (including electronic); electronic form/means and hard copy form; instrument; member; ordinary and special resolutions; eligible director; participate; proxy notice; relevant officer (non‑auditor officers of the company or any group undertaking, present or former); subsidiary; and writing (any visible representation, including electronic) The model articles are excluded. Unless otherwise stated, statutory expressions bear the meaning they had when these articles became binding. References to legislation include any modification, re‑enactment or replacement. Singular includes plural and vice versa; masculine includes feminine and neuter; persons include corporations Each member’s liability is limited to £1, payable on a winding up while a member or within one year of ceasing, towards:...

1 Demand for a poll by Chair on a resolution For the Annual General Meeting of [ Name of company ] to be held on [ Date ] at [ venue ], it is noted that resolution [ insert no. ] has not passed. Given the proxy voting authorities I hold, I am therefore obliged to call a poll accordingly. Proxy votes have been received for [ insert no. ] ordinary shares in favour and [ insert no. ] against the resolution. In light of these figures, I now exercise my power as Chair to require a poll. Our registrars will now conduct a poll on resolution(s) [ insert no. ] [ and [ insert no. ] ]. Please remain seated whilst the poll takes place and is being conducted. The registrar’s representatives will now distribute [ poll cards OR voting handsets ]. On a poll, every shareholder attending personally, by a corporate representative, or by proxy is entitled to one vote for each share held...

Index to the articles Part 1: Interpretation and limits on liability 1 Meaning of terms 2 Members’ liability Part 2: Directors Powers and duties 3 General powers of directors 4 Members’ overriding power 5 Delegation by directors 6 Committees Directors’ decision-making 7 Collective decisions 8 Unanimous consent 9 Convening board meetings 10 Participation at board meetings 11 Board quorum 12 Chairing board meetings 13 Chairman’s casting vote 14 Conflicts of interest 15 Records of decisions 16 Power to set further rules Appointment and terms 17 Appointment methods 18 Ending a directorship 19 Directors’ pay ...