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A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

Remuneration reporting and sale incentives developments

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 10 2012

The FSA has recently produced two papers relevant to those working on financial services remuneration

Cable may tie down Goodwin, despite his eluding the FSA’s net; Turner and Sants call for smaller holes

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 26 2012

In response to the October 2008 failure of RBS, news reports suggest that Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, may apply for an order to disqualify Fred Goodwin from being able to hold any future directorship of a UK company

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

The perils of consumer credit reform

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 7 2012

The Government’s plans for the reform of the Consumer Credit Act (“CCA”) are probably now far enough advanced that it is worth raising awareness of the problems lying ahead for finance companies providing credit to consumers “consumers” in the wide sense used in the CCA, which includes sole traders and partnerships with three partners or fewer

FSA guidance on unfair consumer contract terms

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 6 2012

The Regulations implement the European Union Unfair Contract Terms Directive (9313EEC

Up next from FSA

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 3 2012

FSA's latest Policy Development Update highlights the following documents expected before the end of March 2012

Preview of 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 12 2012

2012 will herald some significant changes to the legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to the Prospectus Directive, board diversity and corporate governance and reporting; in dispute resolution in relation to the Government's reforms to the civil litigation costs and funding regime; and in energy, real estate and construction areas where there are major changes to the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme, changes to the energy performance certificates regime; and also the establishment of the Green Investment Bank

Timeline - a guide to the legal milestones ahead

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 10 2011

This is a guide to key legal developments in the coming months and years ahead