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Money Mirror Issue 2 - July 2022

Published on 08 Jul 2022.

Welcome to Money Mirror, RPC's new Payments & Consumer Credit publication. In our 2n edition, we take a look at the Payment Systems Regulator's first competition infringement decision, consumer credit financial promotions, the latest in Buy Now Pay Later, and access to cash.

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Lawyers Covered - June 2022

Published on 28 Jun 2022. By Will Sefton, Partner and Head of Professional and Financial Risks and Carmel Green, Partner and Tina Campbell, Senior Associate and Aimee Talbot, Knowledge Lawyer and Graham Reid, Partner and Alifya Bharmal, Associate and George Barratt, Senior Associate

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - May 2022

Published on 26 May 2022. By Will Sefton, Partner and Head of Professional and Financial Risks and Carmel Green, Partner and Tina Campbell, Senior Associate and Aimee Talbot, Knowledge Lawyer

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - March 2022

Published on 31 Mar 2022.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Money Mirror Issue 1 - March 2022

Published on 30 Mar 2022.

Welcome to Money Mirror, RPC's new Payments & Consumer Credit publication. In our 1st edition, we take a look at interesting developments in these markets - operational resilience, Buy Now Pay Later, crypto advertising and access to cash.

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Duties of Care to Third Parties in Tax Avoidance Schemes – Disappointment for Investors in McClean as Zacaroli, J Rejects Claims

Published on 16 Mar 2022. By Laura Stocks, Partner and Nick Bird, Partner

Mr Justice Zacaroli has now handed down his judgment in David McClean and others v Andrew Thornhill QC [2022] EWHC 457 (Ch) - a ~£40m claim by investors in a tax scheme against one of the leading tax barristers in the country. The judge dismissed the claim in its entirety holding, amongst other things that the barrister did not owe a duty of care to the investors.

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Duties of Care to Third Parties in Tax Avoidance Schemes – Disappointment for Investors in McClean as Zacaroli, J Rejects Claims

Published on 09 Mar 2022. By Nick Bird, Partner and Laura Stocks, Partner

Mr Justice Zacaroli has now handed down his judgment in David McClean and others v Andrew Thornhill QC [2022] EWHC 457 (Ch) - a ~£40m claim by investors in a tax scheme against one of the leading tax barristers in the country. The judge dismissed the claim in its entirety holding, amongst other things that the barrister did not owe a duty of care to the investors.

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SIPPs and FOS - does the Rowanmoor decision change anything?

Published on 02 Feb 2022. By Rachael Healey, Partner

Last week FOS published a decision it reached last year in a complaint against a SIPP provider involving advised sales. The FOS upheld the complaint, finding that the SIPP provider should have rejected business from the regulated financial adviser, CIB Life and Pensions Limited (CIB), given, broadly, red flags available to the SIPP provider with respect to the operation of CIB's business model including that CIB was not advising on the ultimate investment within the SIPP and as a result such introductions involved a significant risk of consumer detriment. The decision has received quite a bit of press attention - but has it moved the dial for SIPP complaints before FOS or not?

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Lawyers Covered - January 2022

Published on 31 Jan 2022.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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The Future of Insolvency Regulation

Published on 04 Jan 2022. By Rachael Healey, Partner

On 21 December 2021 the Government launched a consultation into the future of insolvency regulation. The changes proposed in the consultation document will have a wide ranging impact on the insolvency profession (and its insurers) with the proposals including: the direct regulation of insolvency firms, the introduction of a single regulatory body with powers to order compensation against insolvency practitioners and firms, a new additional requirements regime, changes to the bond regime and a public register of insolvency practitioners and firms. Many of the changes proposed require primary legislation and so it may be some time before the changes to take effect (if adopted). But there does appear to be some wind behind these proposals given they follow on from the Call for Evidence in 2019 and a more general focus on insolvency issues in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Lawyers Covered - November 2021

Published on 30 Nov 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - July 2021

Published on 30 Oct 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - October 2021

Published on 30 Oct 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - August 2021

Published on 23 Aug 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - May 2021

Published on 25 May 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - April 2021

Published on 25 Apr 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Lawyers Covered - March 2021

Published on 24 Mar 2021.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Lawyers Liability & Regulatory Update, in which we look back over the last month at key developments affecting lawyers and the professional risks they face.

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Going Green – staying on the right side of competition law

Published on 15 May 2023. By Melanie Musgrave, Of Counsel and Leonia Chesterfield, Of Counsel

Environmental issues are high on the agenda for many consumers and businesses alike. They are also increasingly an area of focus for competition authorities around the world, including the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), who are keen to ensure that competition law concerns do not unnecessarily prevent businesses from collaborating legitimately on environmental sustainability initiatives.

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Disciplinary investigations against architects #4 - investigations panel stage

Published on 14 Apr 2020. By Sarah O'Callaghan, Senior Associate

Further to our previous three articles which provided (1) an overview of the Architect Registration Board's disciplinary process and (2) a review of the complaints stage (3) the review stage, this article explains the next stage of a disciplinary investigation against an Architect: the investigations panel stage.

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Ransoms and Sanctions and Fines (oh my!)

Published on 04 Sep 2023. By Richard Breavington, Partner and Helen Monachan, Associate

Ransomware attacks are happening all the time. Just the other month, the Cl0p ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer tool.

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Ransoms and Sanctions and Fines (oh my!)

Published on 04 Sep 2023. By Richard Breavington, Partner and Helen Monachan, Associate

Ransomware attacks are happening all the time. Just the other month, the Cl0p ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer tool.

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Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) avoidance and corporate property deals – the importance of timing!

Published on 21 May 2019. By Ben Roberts, Partner

The First-Tier Tribunal has, in a recent decision, caused something of a stir for clients and advisors familiar with the well-trodden (and, usually, tax-efficient) use of offshore unit trusts to hold UK property.

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No bouncing back for directors

Published on 20 May 2024. By James Wickes, Partner and Adam Craggs, Partner and Catherine Zakarias-Welch, Knowledge Lawyer

Banned! Fraudsters! – Terms used by the Insolvency Service for directors who abused the government backed loan scheme which was put in place to help businesses struggling during the pandemic.

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Take 10 - 12 July 2024

Published on 12 Jul 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

Welcome to RPC's Media and Communications law update. This month's edition on key media developments and the latest cases.

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Take 10 - 25 June 2024

Published on 25 Jun 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 6 June 2024

Published on 06 Jun 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 – 23 May 2024

Published on 23 May 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 – 9 May 2024

Published on 09 May 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 – 26 April 2024

Published on 26 Apr 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 – 28 March 2024

Published on 28 Mar 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 15 March 2024

Published on 15 Mar 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 4 March 2024

Published on 04 Mar 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 15 February 2024

Published on 15 Feb 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 5 February 2024

Published on 05 Feb 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Leading media litigator Lindsay Warwick joins RPC as Partner

Published on 15 Jan 2024. By Lindsay Warwick, Partner

International law firm RPC announced today that Lindsay Warwick, a leading media litigator, joins as Partner. An already powerful bench of over ten media litigators, the appointment cements the firm's reputation as having the UK's leading media defence practice.

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Take 10 - 12 January 2024

Published on 12 Jan 2024. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Ofcom's 'Roadmap to Regulation' underway with its consultation on illegal harms duties under the Online Safety Act

Published on 12 Jan 2024. By Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

In November, Ofcom, as new online safety regulator, published the first of four major consultations under the Online Safety Act ("OSA"), which sets out its proposals for how "user-to-user" ("U2U") services (essentially any online website or app that allows users to interact with each other) and online search services (i.e. Google, Bing and similar) should approach their illegal content duties under the new legislation. The consultation provides guidance in a number of areas including governance, content moderation, reporting and complaints mechanisms, terms of service, supporting child users, and user empowerment.

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Take 10 - 4 December 2023

Published on 04 Dec 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 20 November 2023

Published on 20 Nov 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

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Take 10 - 31 October 2023

Published on 31 Oct 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 13 October 2023

Published on 13 Oct 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 29 September 2023

Published on 29 Sep 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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The Online Safety Bill is set to become law

Published on 21 Sep 2023. By Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner, Media and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate

The Online Safety Bill will shortly become law in the UK as soon as it receives Royal Assent. The legislation will introduce a new regulatory regime for online platforms and search engines which target the UK, imposing wide-ranging obligations on in-scope services with serious consequences for non-compliance.

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Take 10 - 15 September 2023

Published on 15 Sep 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 07 August 2023

Published on 07 Aug 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 20 July 2023

Published on 21 Jul 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 06 July 2023

Published on 07 Jul 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 09 June 2023

Published on 09 Jun 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 30 May 2023

Published on 31 May 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

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Take 10 - 12 May 2023

Published on 12 May 2023. By Keith Mathieson, Partner and Rupert Cowper-Coles , Partner and Alex Vakil, Partner and Alex Wilson, Partner and Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate and Nadia Tymkiw, Senior Associate and Mafruhdha Miah, Senior Associate and Alex Pollock, Associate and Thomas Otter , Associate and Jessica Kingsbury, Associate and Jake Cotterill, Trainee Solicitor

Welcome to RPC's Media and Communications law update. This month's edition on key media developments and the latest cases.