Eversheds Sutherland - Legal Insights

Tom Black and Claire Carroll, both Partners in our Financial Services and Disputes & Investigations team, discuss an update on the FCA's expectations for customer communications, including a reminder of the key proposals, responses received by the FCA and changes made to the draft rules, and the FCA's response to concern around possible conflicts with other duties.

In our latest quarterly podcast, we're joined by Susan Clews, Chief Executive of Acas, for a discussion on current employee relations challenges and how Acas are playing their part in trying to resolve strikes and industrial action. We also touch on what can be done to address and resolve some of the more contentious and entrenched workplace disputes.

In the third of our set of three TUPE podcasts, partners Mark Hammerton, Huw Jones and Tom Bray focus on how business works with TUPE and what changes may be in the pipeline.

In the second of our set of three TUPE podcasts, partners Mark Hammerton and Huw Jones explore what complexity TUPE causes on transactions involving people issues.

In the first of our set of three TUPE podcasts, partners Mark Hammerton and Huw Jones discuss the origins and legal principles around TUPE.

Michael Jones and Rosamund Wood from our Employment, Labor and Pensions group join Jo Owens to discuss how the Consumer Duty impacts occupational pension schemes. They discuss the implications for trustees and their service and product providers and how the rules apply in the context of defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.

Welcome to the second in a three-part special edition series of our Barker's Dozen podcasts, focussing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in pensions. For these Barker's Dozen (and a bit) episodes, we'll be stretching slightly over our usual 13 minutes to do our topics and guest speakers justice. In this second episode, Emma King and Charlotte Cartwright are joined by Claire Harcup, Directo...

After a significant period of M&A in the building products and services sector, the podcast explores the M&A prospects in both the short and longer term, as well as discussing topics such as ESG and the impact of government initiative in driving M&A in the sector forward.

Partner Joanne Owens is joined by Chris Stott, Principal Associate in our Financial Services Disputes & Investigations team, to discuss the interaction between financial crime compliance and the Consumer Duty. They consider AML and KYC guidelines, suspicious activity reporting, customer complaints, and the impact of the Duty on firms' financial crime risk appetite.

Alison Oldfield and Katlyn Wild from our education team discuss what's next for the UK's Office for Students (OfS) and what priorities the OfS has set for the next academic year and beyond in its Annual Report and Strategy 2022 to 2025.

In our latest podcast episode for education institutions on holiday pay, Rob Gray and David O'Hara discuss the recent decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel and the implications for institutions. 

Welcome to the first in a three-part special edition series of our Barker's Dozen podcasts, focussing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in pensions. For these Barker's Dozen episodes, we'll be stretching slightly over our usual 13 minutes to do our topics and guest speakers justice. In this first episode, Emma King and Charlotte Cartwright are joined by David Fairs, Executive Director of t...

In this episode of Con-versations, real estate professional support lawyer Caroline Andresier discusses how the Building Safety Act 2022 has made statutory changes to residential service charges and how this affects the nature of claims that can be brought by the landlord.

In the sixth episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting federal and international tax, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate  Mary Kate Nicholson  speaks with Partner Xenia Garofalo concerning the stock buyback tax. The stock buyback tax, a nondeductible 1% excise tax on the repurchase of corporate stock, was recently enacted as part of the...

Ian Stott, Head of Financial Services at Konexo, joins Claire Carroll to revisit the monitoring, data and MI reporting requirements set by the Consumer Duty. They discuss how firms are progressing with meeting the implementation deadlines set by the final rules and guidance, tips on applying the rules to existing products and services, and the role of data in implementation planning.

Take a listen to our new podcast series exploring the UK Procurement Bill and its progress through parliament. In the first episode, our Procurement team discuss the parliamentary process including where we are now, amendments to the legislation and what comes next. Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Some of the dates referred to in the episode will ch...

Claire Carroll is joined by Simon Collins, Managing Director Regulatory & Compliance at Konexo, to revisit the impact of the Consumer Duty on the Senior Managers and Certification Regime and individual accountability, now that the Financial Conduct Authority's final rules have been published. They consider the key points impacting senior management that the FCA has highlighted as part of its final...

What will the Consumer Duty mean for the treatment of vulnerable customers? In this podcast episode, Partners Tom Black and Claire Carroll discuss the Financial Conduct Authority's expectations and how firms are getting on with implementing the FCA's guidance on vulnerable customer treatment.

In this podcast from the Eversheds Sutherland pensions team, partners Simon Daniel, Michael Jones and Mark Latimour discuss the evolution of TCFD,  investment developments and what's in the pipeline  for pension schemes. Listen for key learnings from larger schemes who have already been through the mandatory TCFD reporting process and how TNFD, social factors, SRD and stewardship developments are...

In our second podcast episode released since the publication of the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) final rules, Naomi Seward and Claire Carroll take a deep dive into FCA's expectations in relation to implementation. They discuss what will the implementation plan need to address? what should firms be doing now to prepare? plus, tips for complying with the October deadline

In this podcast from the Eversheds Sutherland employment team, Simon Rice-Birchall and Emma Humphreys highlight some key employment law considerations on hybrid working, should employers increase, reduce or maintain hybrid working arrangements, and discuss changes which may be around the corner. 

We are delighted to be joined by Stuart Holland, Director of External Affairs at Equifax in episode three of our Buy Now, Pay Later podcast series to discuss the proposals relating to creditworthiness and credit reporting. We cover what Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) do, what credit files are and how these are currently used by lenders and borrowers, HMT's proposals for credit reporting and cred...

In the fifth episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting international and taxation of the digital economy, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson is joined by Partner Amish Shah to discuss the reinstatement of the Superfund chemicals excise tax, or the Superfund Tax, effective July 1. They cover the background of the Supe...

With effect from June 28, 2022 third parties, who perhaps had no direct involvement in the development or who thought their liabilities had long since ended, can now be held liable for the rectification of building safety defects. This is due to a host of new measures introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022, including Remediation Orders, Remediation Contribution Orders and Building Liability Or...

On July 27, 2022 the Financial Conduct Authority published its final rules on the much anticipated Consumer Duty. In this episode, retail finance and payments Partner Jo Owens joins Claire Carroll to share their initial reflections on some of the key new features. They cover the timeline for implementation and what firms should do now to prepare, what does the FCA say about compliance with existin...