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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2026 Q1

Published on 25 March 2026. By Adam Craggs, Partner, Head of Tax, Investigations & Financial Crime and Michelle Sloane, Partner

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Welcome to the latest edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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Regulatory Radar: quick takes December 2025

Published on 18 December 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the December 2025 edition of our Regulatory Radar: quick takes update, providing a concise round-up of the latest developments from across the UK's regulators, and key trends shaping the regulatory landscape.

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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2025 Q3

Published on 29 October 2025. By Michelle Sloane, Partner and Thomas Jenkins, Of Counsel

Welcome to our 2025 Q3 edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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Regulatory Radar: quick takes September 2025

Published on 25 September 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the latest of edition Regulatory Radar: quick takes, a roundup of the latest developments and upcoming changes from across the UK’s regulators.

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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2025 Q2

Published on 30 July 2025. By Adam Craggs, Partner, Head of Tax, Investigations & Financial Crime and Michelle Sloane, Partner

Welcome to the latest edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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Regulatory Radar - Summer 2025

Published on 30 June 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

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Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of RPC's bi-annual Regulatory Radar – a guide to the key regulatory changes worth having on your radar.

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Falling Fowl in personal injury claims: the Animals Act 1971, fundamental dishonesty, quantum and forum shopping

Published on 11 June 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory and Sally Lord, Knowledge Counsel – Insurance and Litigation

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Whether you're dealing with claims under the Animals Act 1971, fundamental dishonesty, quantum disputes or what forum to choose, Boyd v Hughes [2025] deals with it all. Here we discuss the principles before the court in a claim that arose out of a personal injury claim after a fall from a horse and what it means for personal injury cases going forwards.

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Regulatory Radar: quick takes May 2025

Published on 12 May 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

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Welcome to the latest edition of our bi-monthly Regulatory Radar: quick takes update, which collates the latest developments from across the UK’s regulators.

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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2025 Q1

Published on 25 March 2025. By Adam Craggs, Partner, Head of Tax, Investigations & Financial Crime and Michelle Sloane, Partner

Welcome to the latest edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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Regulatory Radar - quick takes - March 2025

Published on 13 March 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

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Welcome to the latest edition of our bi-monthly Regulatory Radar: quick takes update, which collates the latest developments from across the UK’s regulators.

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Regulatory Radar - Winter 2025

Published on 10 March 2025. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the Winter 2025 edition of RPC's bi-annual Regulatory Radar – a guide to the key regulatory changes worth having on your radar.

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Regulators support government growth objective and aim to reduce regulatory burden

Published on 27 January 2025. By Lucy Hadrill, Associate and Whitney Simpson, Of Counsel and Jonathan Charwat, Partner

Since the general election, the new Labour government has been signalling its intentions for financial services as a key driver of its economic growth agenda and, following the Autumn Budget, HM Treasury launched a call for evidence which outlined the government's plans for its Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy (Strategy).

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FCA consults on new reporting obligations for (i) incidents and (ii) third party arrangements

Published on 16 January 2025. By Mark Crichard, Partner and Nigel Wilson, Of Counsel

On 13 December 2024, the FCA published consultation paper CP24/28 (the CP) on proposals for firms to report on operational incidents and, separately, on material third party arrangements. The CP mirrors similar proposals put forward by the PRA and Bank of England on the same day and is designed to align with current international standards (e.g. the EU Regulation on digital operational resilience (DORA)).

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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2024 Q4

Published on 17 December 2024. By Adam Craggs, Partner, Head of Tax, Investigations & Financial Crime and Michelle Sloane, Partner

Welcome to the latest edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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Regulatory Radar: quick takes - November 2024

Published on 11 November 2024. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the November 2024 of our bi-monthly Regulatory Radar: quick takes, which pulls together the latest developments from across the UK's regulators.

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Failure to prevent fraud: key guidance released

Published on 08 November 2024. By Thomas Jenkins, Of Counsel

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On 6 November 2024, the Home Office released its much-anticipated guidance on the new failure to prevent fraud offence and the procedures that organisations can implement to prevent associated persons from committing fraud offences. Running to 44 pages, this guidance is crucial as it provides a framework for large organisations to establish effective fraud prevention measures.

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Government consults on regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later products

Published on 25 October 2024. By Lucy Hadrill, Associate and Whitney Simpson, Of Counsel

In 2021, HM Treasury announced its intention to regulate certain unregulated buy-now pay-later (BNPL) products in the UK. This followed recommendations made in the Woolard Review which raised concerns about the increased use of BNPL products during the pandemic and the significant risk that these unregulated credit products could cause consumer harm.

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FCA consults on changes to the payments safeguarding regime

Published on 24 October 2024. By Lucy Hadrill, Associate and Whitney Simpson, Of Counsel

Under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (PSRs) and the E-Money Regulations 2011 (EMRs) payment institutions (PIs), electronic money institutions (EMIs), small EMIs and credit unions are required to protect "relevant funds" which they receive when making a payment or in exchange for e-money that has been issued. Current safeguarding requirements are set out in the PSRs and EMRs, with guidance contained in the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Approach Document.

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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2024 Q3

Published on 25 September 2024. By Adam Craggs, Partner, Head of Tax, Investigations & Financial Crime and Michelle Sloane, Partner

Welcome to the latest edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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First conviction under section 2 CJA 1987 overturned – RPC Analysis

Published on 23 September 2024.

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On 16 September 2024, the first conviction for failure to comply with a notice to provide documents or information required by the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") was overturned by Judge Nicholas Rimmer at Southwark Crown Court. Although this case was highly fact specific, it may result in a less enthusiastic approach towards pursuing such convictions in the future.

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Regulatory Radar: quick takes - September 2024

Published on 09 September 2024. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the September 2024 of our bi-monthly Regulatory Radar: quick takes, which pulls together the latest developments from across the UK's regulators.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive expert briefing

Published on 08 July 2024. By Sophie Tuson, Senior Associate, Environment and Climate Change Practice Lead and Thomas Jenkins, Of Counsel and Sarah Barrie, Associate (Australian Qualified)

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was adopted on 24 May 2024 and was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 5 July. It entered into force on 26 July, and will apply to companies from 26 July 2028.

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Regulatory Radar - June 2024

Published on 27 June 2024. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the June 2024 edition of RPC’s bi-annual Regulatory Radar – a guide to the key regulatory changes worth having on your radar. We hope this will be a useful resource, helping you scan the regulatory horizon and highlight changes that could impact your business.

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Financial Crime Time - Your update from RPC: 2024 Q2

Published on 25 June 2024. By Adam Craggs, Partner, Head of Tax, Investigations & Financial Crime and Michelle Sloane, Partner

Welcome to the latest edition of our round-up of news making the headlines in the world of financial crime and compliance. Our aim is to give you an easily digestible, bite-sized overview of issues that are of interest and which may affect your business.

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Regulatory Radar: quick takes - May 2024

Published on 07 May 2024. By Gavin Reese, Partner, Head of Regulatory

Welcome to the May 2024 edition of our bi-monthly Regulatory Radar: quick takes, which pulls together recent developments from across the UK’s regulators.

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