Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud is the most common type of financial scam in the UK, where the payer is tricked into making an APP to an account controlled by someone other than the intended recipient. The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has recently confirmed the maximum reimbursement limit for victims with effect from 7 October 2024. Our cyber security experts in our Commercial Dispute Resolution team provide a summary of the new scheme, discuss why mandatory rules were required and note steps you can take to avoid being scammed. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gjfCPnpC Paul Walsh | Kate Steele | Jonathan Scally | Sarah Emerson #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth #CyberAware #CyberSecure
Hill Dickinson LLP
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Leading commercial law firm delivering advice and strategic guidance across a wide range of legal specialisms
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Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading international commercial law firm employing over 1000 people, including more than 200 partners and legal directors. The firm operates across the UK, Europe and Asia, in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. Hill Dickinson delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, acting as a trusted adviser to businesses, organisations and individuals across the globe and from a wide range of market sectors, advising on non-contentious advisory and transactional work through to all forms of commercial litigation and arbitration. Hill Dickinson’s network of international offices reflects the global nature of our work; the Monaco office focuses on the needs of our yacht and superyacht client base, and our locations in Hong Kong, Limassol, Piraeus and Singapore specialise in the marine, trade and energy markets. Follow our page for the latest legal alerts and updates.
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The Consumer Duty came into force on 31 July 2023. A year on, the FCA has this week conducted a focused review of payment services firms to assess whether the Duty requirements had been adopted. Partner James Kaufmann and trainee solicitor Millie Poole report on the results, which are a warning shot for firms both within the payments sector and beyond. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eaRgUWdc #ConsumerDuty #CorporateLaw #FCA
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Our Private Equity team is pleased to have advised Blackpool-based haulier Fox Brothers Holdings Group on sale of the business to Stellex Capital Management. Partner Ian Gillis led the team advising, together with partner James Down, legal director Matt Smith and senior associate Harriet Adgie of our Corporate team with banking partner Alasdair Mackinnon. Real estate partner Darren Hamer and employment commercial legal director Richard Kay also assisted, alongside corporate associates Matt Boyer and Rachel Faulconbridge, banking associate Belle Cottle and corporate paralegal Abigail Hill. As part of the acquisition, Fox Brothers will also merge with Preston-based J A Jackson, a quarry operator and producer of recycled aggregates and ready mixed concrete. More here: https://lnkd.in/egAaZDh2 #PrivateEquity #Haulier #Deals
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The new government has today, within 100 days of taking office as promised, introduced the Employment Rights Bill, which contains some of the most important employment law reforms in many years. In this timely piece, Emma Ahmed and Caroline Prosser highlight the key details, which include new day-one rights to unfair dismissal, sick pay and family friendly leave and significant reforms to trade union/industrial relations laws. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gnBitsp9 #EmploymentLaw #EmploymentRightsBill #HumanResources #HR
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Rajesh Pabla and Simon Boschat, in our Commercial Dispute Resolution team, examine two recent decisions which demonstrate the exceptional variety of relief available to protect minority shareholders in unfair prejudice petitions. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eyfTWYxh #CommercialLaw #MinorityShareholders #DisputeResolution
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The Court of Appeal has found that a decision by the London Metal Exchange to cancel nickel trades was lawful as a matter of public law and in the interests of the market as a whole. In their article, Iain Sharp MCIArb and Reema Shour discuss the Court of Appeal’s findings. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ez-MZMxG #Commodities #Nickel #Metals
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In this article Jay Mehta explains what Subsidy Control means and how the regime is implemented in practical terms. The article explores the aims of the discipline and how it seeks to achieve them. More here: https://lnkd.in/erBv7Pnr #SubsidyControl #CommercialLaw #Economy
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Cyber Security Awareness Month exists to highlight the increasing need to be cyber-aware and cyber-secure, so we take this opportunity to remind you of some of the key ways to do so. This week we shine a light on phishing - and what you can do to stay safe online. To learn more about our cyber security services, visit our website below: https://lnkd.in/eDUMk5mg Paul Walsh | Kate Steele | Jonathan Scally | Sarah Emerson #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth #CyberAware #CyberSecure
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Our next in-house lawyers forum takes place on 23 October, which will focus on the latest developments on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). The NSIA came into force on 4 January 2022, giving the government powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions, such as takeovers, to protect national security. In this session, William Daniels, an associate in our London Corporate team working on regulatory matters, will provide an update with the key information that may affect your business, discussing the issues that are likely to require your attention in the coming months. We hope you can join us, please register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/eAuuTYtc #NSIA #NationalSecurity #Investment
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The English Court has found that although the defendants to a shareholder dispute were in breach of an arbitration agreement by commencing Liberian Court proceedings, as the seat of the arbitration was Toronto, it was up to the courts of Ontario to intervene. In their article, Iain Sharp MCIArb and Reema Shour discuss why the Court came to this conclusion and set aside the interim anti-suit injunction. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eEVqsjE4 #Arbitration #ICC #AntiSuitInjunction