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Insurance Newsletter - July 2017 Brexit; Insurance Linked Securities; Asset management market study; Retirement Income Review; Solvency II round up This newsletter highlights selected legal and regulatory developments in insurance. Topics covered in this edition are: the EIOPA opini...

Parent Company Liability back in the Supreme Court The English courts have become a popular destination for foreign claimants seeking damages from UK-domiciled parents for the alleged wrongful actions of their overseas subsidiaries. A new judgment from the Supreme Court gives useful guidance on the applic...

Reflections on the EU-UK Co-operation Agreement The EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the TCA), which came into provisional effect at 11pm on 31 December, is welcome in terms both of what has been achieved, and in providing a more cordial basis for future EU-UK relations and co-operation. The EU...

Baby, one more time?: UK and the EU Copyright Directive The UK government said that it would not be implementing the controversial EU Copyright Directive. Are we getting it anyway? What seems like a lifetime ago back in January 2020, the UK government announced that it had no plans to implement the EU’s Copyr...

The Future Relationship between the UK and EU The Brexit talks will result in London this week, with parties seemingly some way apart on a number of issues. This briefing, prepared by Tolek Petch, lawyer in our trade unit, surveys the state of play as at 3 July. As the UK emerges from its COVID 19 l...

A brand new subsidy regime for the UK? Resolution of EU-UK negotiations on “level playing field for competition” may shape future UK subsidy regime. A key outstanding issue between the EU and the UK in the negotiations on the future partnership agreement is the implementation of a...

Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 16 Selected legal and regulatory developments in data privacy for July 2021 It was so very close… But, unlike the football, we got the result we wanted… On 28 June, the EU adopted its adequacy decisions for the UK under the EU GDPR and t...

Tax and the City Review for July 2021 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the FTT’s decision in West Burton; the High Court judgment in TP ICAP; the attractiveness of the UK for financial services and EU public country-by-country reporting rules. The FTT in West Burton decides that you ...

FCA guidance on Part VII transfers - proposed changes On 8 July the FCA published a consultation on amending the guidance on their approach to the review of Part VII insurance business transfers. GC 21/3: Proposed changes to guidance on the FCA’s approach to the review of Part VII insurance busi...

The consequences of paying with data There is a growing concern that individuals are losing control over their data as a result of the shift from traditional payment mechanisms to ‘paying with their data’. In this briefing we explore the intended and unintended consequences of &l...