Mar 10, 2023 That's my crypto – fork it over! By Matthew Harman How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...
Feb 14, 2023 How would you like to pay? Moving towards the digital pound By Emily Bradley In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...
Feb 01, 2023 Crypto-ing the line By Tim Fosh Back at the very beginning of 2020 Covid-19 still hadn't been designated a pandemic, Brexit still wasn't quite 'done' and you could start...
Jan 26, 2023 ICO tech report highlights privacy challenges for four key technologies By Natalie Donovan The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...
Jan 20, 2023 Accountability and technology: imagining the future of the SM&CR By Emily Bradley The Senior Managers and Certification Regime or 'SM&CR', a regulatory lever which seeks to foster greater individual accountability...
Jan 19, 2023 HMT Review of Payment Services Regulations: is this the beginning of a tectonic shift in the regulatory bedrock? By Jordan Emery Ten years ago, the thought of your phone scanning your face before you pay for your morning coffee may have been a disturbing one. Five...
Oct 12, 2022 How to regulate the use of AI in financial services – still looking for answers By Selmin Hakki How to regulate AI is the subject of a wide-ranging debate, both in the UK and internationally. One of the critical issues in this debate...
Sep 07, 2022 And then there were three...Law Commission digital asset reform proposes 3rd class of personal property By Laura Monaghan In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...
Jul 20, 2022 Succeeding by Design: Government considers changes to UK designs system By Charles MacRae The UKIPO has published its response to its Call for Views on the UK’s designs system. Although the UKIPO has provided no firm policy...
Jul 19, 2022 Crypto winter, regulatory spring By Emily Bradley Until not so long ago, lawyers like me would have to trawl the internet for a whispered mention of crypto from a regulator, and it took...
Feb 07, 2022 Cryptoasset promotions: sweat the small stuff By Slaughter and May The FCA has published a consultation paper setting out its approach to strengthening its financial promotion rules for high risk...
Dec 07, 2021 UK Law Commission confirms flexibility of the common law to accommodate smart legal contracts By Georgina Hoy Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...
Nov 10, 2021 UK CBCD? Still TBC By Tim Fosh Yesterday John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, made a statement on the progress made regarding the development of a UK...
Nov 02, 2021 Blockchain and ESG - Legal 500 Blockchain UK Chapter Published By Emily Bradley The Legal 500 Blockchain UK chapter for 2021—contributed by Slaughter and May—has been published. For the first time, this year's chapter...
Oct 14, 2021 Is crypto a risk to financial stability? By Emily Bradley Do cryptoassets pose a risk to the stability of the UK's financial system? In a speech published on 13 October, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy...
Jul 01, 2021 Plenty more phish in the sea? Cyber risks for SMEs in the supply chain By Charles MacRae 57% of small and medium-sized enterprises believe they would go out of business from a serious cyber attack, according to a new report by...