2019 was a momentous year for British politics and more broadly, constitutional law in the UK. Aficionadas of British politics watched with amazement and incredulity as the Westminster political drama played out over the summer and autumn months of 2019. At times, the House of Commons resembled a Shakespearian...

​In the 25 February 2020 case of Chapelgate Credit Opportunity Master Fund Ltd v Money & Ors, the Court of Appeal dismissed Chapelgate’s appeal on the costs order handed down by the High Court. Chapelgate’s appeal argued that the funder should only be liable to pay the successful defendant’s legal...

The recent judgment (instigated by privacy campaigner, Max Schrems) handed down by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) on 16 July 2020 has created shock waves across the data protection world. In a nutshell, it ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield, a previously legitimate mechanism under GDPR to lawfully...

Senior managers who are working in the UK’s regulated finance industry can now get access to everything they need to be SMCR compliant through new e-learning courses. Available from SMCRCompliance.com, the firm has devised a number of key training courses which can be completed remotely online and provide CPD-certification...