Two years after Andrew Baily, head of the FCA (Libor’s regulator), effectively stated that LIBOR would be gone by 2021, the FCA and the Bank of England (BoE) recently encouraged banks to move to the new benchmark SONIA.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended that the Big Four accountancy firms should separate their professional services and audit work.
There has been a call for greater regulation of automatic facial recognition technologies in order to prevent abuse of citizens’ privacy rights.
Obelisk announces a formal partnership with CMS offering flexible legal solutions for its clients and lawyers.
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to stage a one-day walkout on 1 July after a long-running dispute over legal aid and prosecution fees.
Blockchain is a newer type of ledger that uses cryptography to store records. It has recently been hailed as a possible replacement to the land registry system.
Following a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2017, that abolished tribunal fees, the government still owes £16 million to refund those who had been overcharged between April 2013 (when the fees were introduced) and March 2017.
Companies are starting to understand the benefits of having a diverse span of people at board level.
The Electoral Commission has said that new legislation is needed imminently to make political online advertising far more transparent.
Littler Mendelson (the largest US-based employment law firm) released an article discussing what positive steps firms can take to battle gender inequality.