New FCA Listing Rules from 3rd December 2021 to boost growth and innovation on UK stock markets
Retail’s Challenge to go Greener
In the run up to COP26 in Glasgow, the UN labelled 2021 as the make it or break it year for climate action. COP26 was the largest COP to date with 120 world leaders and more than 38,000 participants attending representing 194 countries. Its aim was to keep alive the hope of limiting the rise in the global temperature to 1.5c.
The importance of tone in litigation
The tone of much litigation correspondence is often one of outraged offence: your client is the repository of all virtue and the “other side” is guilty of extreme bad faith. This can sometimes be hidden in mild language: the description “unhelpful” often covers a multitude of sins in its passive-aggressive use and can easily be understood to mean that the recipient party is guilty of egregious misconduct.
Anonymity Orders
Since February 2017, all tribunal judgments and written reasons entered on the public register are published online in accordance with the Employment Tribunal Rules (ET Rules). The result of this is that anyone who has the foresight to conduct a Google search on a potential employer or employee would be able to find and read any cases.
FCA reforms to improve the effectiveness of UK primary markets
On 2 December 2021, the FCA published Policy Statement PS21/22 which sets out a series of changes to the Listing Rules to remove barriers to listing in London. The changes seek to reduce barriers to companies listing in the UK and encourage private companies to consider listing at an earlier stage, while still retaining high standards for investors.
