The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.
The government's growing use of sanctions to disrupt criminals targeting Britain is creating more work for white-collar lawyers, even if they object that the heavy-handed foreign policy tool flouts the rule of law.
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Many U.K. cryptocurrency companies will fail to achieve authorization under the Financial Conduct Authority's new regime when it goes live in October 2027, lawyers have warned.
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The decision by a British bank to voluntarily pay £31.7 million ($42 million) to consumers and avoid a full investigation by the finance watchdog is part of a growing strategy to resolve cases of market misconduct more quickly, lawyers say.
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The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.
The government's growing use of sanctions to disrupt criminals targeting Britain is creating more work for white-collar lawyers, even if they object that the heavy-handed foreign policy tool flouts the rule of law.
Many U.K. cryptocurrency companies will fail to achieve authorization under the Financial Conduct Authority's new regime when it goes live in October 2027, lawyers have warned.
The decision by a British bank to voluntarily pay £31.7 million ($42 million) to consumers and avoid a full investigation by the finance watchdog is part of a growing strategy to resolve cases of market misconduct more quickly, lawyers say.
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July 13, 2026
Five people are due to appear in a London court for allegedly being part of a group that sold tools for fraud, a U.K. law enforcement agency said Monday.
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July 13, 2026
Power cable giant Nexans cannot challenge an order to pay the developers of the London Array wind farm £10.6 million ($14.2 million) over inflated high-voltage cable prices, as a London appeals court has ruled that Nexans' participation in a cartel had to be taken as a "hard fact."
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July 13, 2026
The communications regulator has proposed almost 40 legal requirements aimed at removing fraudulent advertisements from major websites and applications, warning that technology giants could face fines of up to £18 million ($24 million) or 10% of global revenue if they fail to comply.
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July 13, 2026
Britain and the European Union imposed a new round of sanctions Monday on top Russian military intelligence officials and proxies that the authorities said are behind attempts to sow chaos and division in Europe through cyberattacks and anti-Ukraine propaganda.
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July 10, 2026
Prosecutors included fake cases that did not exist in an extradition appeal after the artificial intelligence program they used hallucinated citations, according to a High Court judgment.
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July 10, 2026
German and Dutch authorities have arrested two individuals linked to a group involved in a value-added tax fraud with imported cars that has created around €300 million ($342 million) in estimated losses, the European Public Prosecutor's Office in Cologne said Friday.
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July 10, 2026
A London court ruled Friday that Mishcon de Reya LLP and its clients do not have to disclose communications concerning information obtained about their opponents through covert investigations in a $3 billion inheritance dispute, saying the iniquity exception to legal professional privilege does not apply.
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July 10, 2026
The Ministry of Justice has said it has hired more than 2,300 new magistrates since April 2025 as it seeks to tackle the court backlog and reduce delays for victims.
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July 10, 2026
The past week in London has seen lawyer Ian Rosenblatt launch legal action against music mogul Simon Cowell, Boohoo face a fresh investor claim after previously facing allegations that it feigned ignorance of labor abuses in its supply chain, and an ex-Tory MP and his chief of staff sued by their former employer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 10, 2026
The European Union said Friday that it has preliminarily found Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram and Facebook breach the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act because of design features they say encourage addictive use, particularly among children and vulnerable adults.
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July 10, 2026
Telecoms provider Unitel SA has failed to secure a 2027 trial date for its £327 million ($439 million) claim against the daughter of Angola's former president as a judge held on Friday that the availability of the sanctioned billionaire's preferred barrister justified the delay.
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July 10, 2026
Several major carmakers largely defeated claims that they equipped diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheating software, as a London judge ruled Friday that most of the technologies being challenged were not prohibited "defeat devices."
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July 09, 2026
The U.K.'s tax authority secured 260 convictions out of 300 prosecutions in criminal tax cases in fiscal year 2025-26, it said Thursday in its annual report.
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July 09, 2026
Restrictions from sports federations on the activities of players' agents may be exempt from the European Union's rules against cartels if the rules aim to protect the public interest, the bloc's top court ruled Thursday.
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July 09, 2026
The London Bullion Market Association is facing expanded claims in England from 30 people who say they or their relatives were tortured, injured or killed near Tanzania's North Mara gold mine while the body continued certifying its gold as responsibly sourced.
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July 09, 2026
The former information commissioner is expected to take legal action against a woman who complained to the watchdog about his conduct, a government minister has said while pledging to investigate and overhaul the agency.
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July 09, 2026
The City regulator said in its latest annual report on Thursday that it led an international crackdown on illegal financial promotions over the past year, making three arrests, requesting 650 social media takedowns and intensifying its fight against financial crime.
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July 09, 2026
A London art gallery was cleared of criminal wrongdoing on Thursday as a judge ruled that it did not breach a ban on sending goods to Russia by trying to ship a painting to an art collector leaving Moscow.
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July 08, 2026
A former M&A solicitor at Goodwin Procter was charged with insider dealing Wednesday over allegations that he traded a British maternity wear company's stock while working on a deal to take the business private.
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July 08, 2026
Apple failed Wednesday to annul European Union rules designating its app stores and operating system as "gatekeepers" that are subject to specific obligations to ensure fair competition.
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July 08, 2026
Metals tycoon Prateek Gupta told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that a U.K. commodities trader cannot bring a fraud claim worth almost $7 million against him in England because the alleged loss occurred abroad.
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July 08, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday in its latest enforcement watch newsletter that it is conducting 11 investigations into potential breaches of the Consumer Duty.
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July 07, 2026
European financial authorities warned Tuesday that the latest generation of artificial intelligence poses "a paradigm shift for cybersecurity" as the technology could enable bad actors to launch faster, cheaper and more sophisticated attacks on the financial market.
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July 07, 2026
Dozens of major companies pledged on Tuesday to strengthen their cyberdefenses amid a surge in AI-enabled attacks by foreign states and criminal groups that cost the U.K. economy an estimated £14.7 billion ($19.7 billion) annually.
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July 07, 2026
The Bank of England said Tuesday that it plans to ease a critical capital requirement for major financial institutions in the U.K. to make it "simpler and more effective" for them to continue lending during times of financial stress.