10/13/2025 12:54:15 PM Data Centres and the UK Planning System: A Sector in Flux By Dan Moan Caroline Mostowfi Hannah Langford Introduction Data centres have rapidly evolved from niche infrastructure to strategic assets at the heart of the UK’s digital economy. As...
10/13/2025 12:17:40 PM Sustainable Finance: Governance Meets Opportunity By Alice Overton The social housing sector is well acquainted with sustainable finance products. Sustainability linked terms are common features of loan...
10/7/2025 3:45:59 PM FCA Skilled Person Reviews: What Regulated Firms Need to Know By Matthew Garbutt The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has the power to appoint independent “skilled persons” to examine how regulated firms conduct their...
7/28/2025 8:20:28 AM SMCR Reform: What Housing Associations Need to Know By Alice Overton On 15 July 2025, HM Treasury (HMT), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) each published...
6/30/2025 10:42:54 AM Fraud’s new frontline: Why civil litigators are thinking criminal By Michael Lewis The traditional divide between civil and criminal enforcement is blurring, particularly in complex fraud cases. With public agencies...
6/26/2025 4:20:14 PM Who’s policing the platform? Platform liability and the rising tide of online fraud By Michael Lewis Online fraud is now the UK’s most common crime. And while victims once bore the brunt alone, attention is turning sharply toward the...
6/24/2025 4:17:51 PM A new National Housing Bank to catalyse funding for housebuilding By Gary Grigor Alice Overton Jonathan Corris Caroline Mostowfi +1 more... Show less The UK Government’s support for housing continued at the end of last week, with their announcement of the creation of the National...
6/20/2025 3:48:43 PM 8 Key Takeaways from our Litigation Risk for Audit & Risk Committees Webinar By Avary Patutama On 18 June 2025, Matthew Garbutt and Avary Patutama of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team delivered a webinar designed to equip...
6/11/2025 12:24:21 PM Consumer Credit Reform: What housing associations need to know By Alice Overton Amirah Adekunle-Fowora The government's long-promised overhaul of UK consumer credit regulation has commenced. It wants to modernise this now overly complex...
5/14/2025 6:12:23 AM FCA consumer credit reporting changes for some regulated activities By Alice Overton Amirah Adekunle-Fowora Last week the FCA confirmed its plans to introduce a new regulatory return for consumer credit firms who engage in certain regulated...
5/1/2025 7:59:55 AM Private prosecutions: What they are, how they work, and why they matter By Matthew Garbutt Private prosecutions are a little-known but powerful legal tool. They allow individuals or organisations to bring criminal proceedings...
4/25/2025 9:01:16 AM Act Fast or Face Prosecution: SFO’s New Corporate Guidance By Matthew Garbutt The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has issued new SFO External Guidance on Corporate Co-Operation and Enforcement in relation to Corporate...