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Author Archives: Alice Heathfield
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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Bank Liability for Fraudulent Payments
The growing issue of banking fraud has again been highlighted recently by the case of Singularis Holdings Limited (In Official Liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited[1]. In that case, the High Court found that where a bank was on notice …
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Loan sales – What borrowers need to know
Banks have become very active in recent months selling off large portfolios of loans. For example, it has been widely publicised that RBS and its subsidiary Ulster Bank are currently offering for sale large portfolios of loans as part of …
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Dating and divorce…the Dos & Don’ts
I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked by clients about the ‘rules’ for dating whilst in the midst of divorce, and I do not just mean whether or not to accept the invitation to …
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