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In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the practice that the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal (the SFAT) has adopted since 2003 in only proceeding on the basis that it has a limited role in reviewing Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) decisions which are appealed to the SFAT
In a recent decision by the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal (SFAT) in respect of an application for costs, SFAT No. 2 of 2010, the SFAT has determined that the applicant should be compensated by an award of costs in his favour against the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), where the SFAT found, on an application for a review of the penalty (not findings of misconduct) that the SFC's proposed penalty was manifestly excessive, and the application was therefore successful
