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Author Archives: Alice Heathfield
Six ways to avoid legal danger in a start-up
Jeff Roberts, Partner and Head of Commercial Services, gives advice on what legal dangers you should consider when founding a start-up. Click here to read the article, first featured in Financial Times on 02 Nov 2018.
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The use of non-disclosure agreements in an employment context
Last week’s successful appeal in ABC & Others v Telegraph Media Group Limited sparked the latest conversation on the use of non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”) in an employment context. The case saw the claimants challenge the Telegraph on its attempted publication …
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Is Blockchain technology set to revolutionise the art market?
A notable trend since Bitcoin gained its popularity has been an incredible rise in the interest in the technology behind Bitcoin known as Blockchain, which is the “thing” which allows cryptocurrencies to function. Some statistics indicate that the global blockchain …
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ICOs vs. PE and VC Funding: Which Funding Model is Best for a Growing Business?
Following Collyer Bristow’s ICO vs PE and VC Funding event in May the FinTech Times summarised the outcome of our dedicated panel. Chaired by our Partner and Head of FinTech Nigel Brahams, the panel on the PE and VC side …
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Cryptocurrency and divorce – are lawyers and the courts up to speed?
With fortunes being won and lost in the space of months, cryptocurrencies are on everyone’s minds and it is inevitable that they are going to form a significant new asset class in many future divorces. But how prepared are lawyers …
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FX client obtains pre-action disclosure order against bank in front-running claim
In the case of The ECU Group plc v HSBC Bank plc[i], the High Court has held that an applicant was entitled to pre-action disclosure where there was the question of an expired limitation period. Facts ECU is a currency debt …
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Financial Services matters
Robin Henry reviews the case of Daniela Shurbanova v Forex Capital Markets Limited,[1] the High Court has held an FX broker was entitled to revoke trades under its contractual terms on the basis that the trades amounted to abusive trading. The …
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‘Last Look’ in Forex Markets
With further litigation in prospect against banks over ‘Last Look’ in the FX markets, Robin Henry, a Partner in Collyer Bristow’s Banking and Finance Disputes Group, considers some of the issues. The practice has been under scrutiny from international regulators for …
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Index tracker funds – time to come out of the closet?
Financial regulators have in the last few years focussed their attention mostly on misconduct within the banking industry, but now the spotlight may be turning more towards behaviour in asset management funds. This is a huge industry which, in the …
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The balance between open justice and protection of witnesses against self-incrimination in foreign criminal proceedings
The recent case of the Libyan Investment Authority v Société Générale[1] has raised issues concerning the principle of open justice and the protection of witnesses in civil cases against self-incrimination in foreign criminal proceedings. Although witnesses do not have a right …
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