2/18/2025 3:35:23 PM AGMs Update 2025: guide for UK-listed companies By Wilma Rix We have published a guide that summarises and comments on major developments relevant to UK-listed companies preparing for AGMs in 2025 -...
2/17/2025 5:36:06 PM UK: FCA delays the publication of the final rules on applying SDR to portfolio management By Stephen Clipsham The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it no longer intends to publish its policy statement on extending its...
2/17/2025 3:21:53 PM UK government responds to House of Lords Select Committee Report on Modern Slavery Act 2015 By James Marlow Jon Tan Fazila Naeem At the end of December 2024, the UK government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Modern Slavery Act...
2/11/2025 1:49:59 PM UK: FRC review of climate-related financial disclosures by AIM and large private companies By Sara Feijao Judy Pink The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a thematic review of climate-related financial disclosures (“CFD”) under the Companies...
2/3/2025 3:07:47 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – February 2025 By Rebecca Burton Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG...
2/3/2025 2:51:34 PM UK FCA sets out climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms By Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Premlata Fagan +2 more... Show less The FCA has published its 2025 Adaptation Report on climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms. The report focuses on risk...
1/14/2025 3:53:39 PM Corporate Governance On the Horizon: UK companies: 2025 and beyond By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao We have published new guides to help UK companies plan ahead and focus on some of the major legislative and regulatory developments that...
1/14/2025 12:14:08 PM UK: PRA Dear CEO letter on 2025 supervisory priorities for insurance firms - what to expect on management of climate risks By Premlata Fagan On 9 January 2025, the PRA published a Dear CEO letter outlining its 2025 supervisory priorities for the UK insurance sector. The letter...
1/7/2025 3:06:38 PM England considered the most appropriate forum for novel supply chain proceedings involving factory workers in Malaysia By Faye Presland Rebecca Burton Emily McLennan In December 2024, the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) overturned a High Court decision that Malaysia was the proper forum to hear a claim...
12/13/2024 6:07:27 PM UK: Court of Appeal gives guidance on navigating complex mass environmental claims in Nigerian Oil Spill case By Meg Winton Faye Presland Rebecca Burton David Thomas +1 more... Show less On 6 December 2024, the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) published its reasons for orders made on 11 October 2024 in favour of the Claimants...
12/12/2024 5:06:29 PM Sustainable Finance Regulation in the UK and EU: What’s coming up in 2025 By Stephen Clipsham The development of new, and implementation of existing, sustainability law and regulation continues apace. In our recently published...
12/12/2024 4:54:01 PM UK corporate reporting 2024/25: recent developments and guidance for listed companies By Judy Pink Wilma Rix Sara Feijao We have published our annual reporting guide for UK listed companies. The guide summarises recent developments and guidance from...
12/12/2024 1:09:41 PM A timeline of UK and EU sustainable finance regulation By Stephen Clipsham If you're wondering what's on the horizon in the world of sustainable finance regulation, then view our timeline which shows key dates...
12/12/2024 10:53:00 AM Sustainable Finance in Europe: Regulatory State of Play updated Linklaters / AFME report December 2024 By Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Rachel Barrett Julia Grothaus Andreas Dehio Ngoc-Hong Ma +3 more... Show less Linklaters and AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe) have updated our report on the regulatory state of play of the...
12/9/2024 7:58:10 AM UK: FCA consultation on proposals for "minor amendments" to AGR and SDR By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem James Morris Terry Yiangou Victoria Hickman Elizabeth Webb +3 more... Show less The FCA has published its Quarterly Consultation (CP24/26) No 46 which includes proposals to make what it considers to be some “minor...
12/3/2024 10:41:30 AM UK: SDR Naming and Marketing rules in force, and FCA updates its pre-contractual disclosure examples By Premlata Fagan With the FCA's SDR Naming and Marketing rules having become applicable on 2 December, the FCA has updated its guidance page on the SDR &...