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Time is of the Essence as the FCA extends terms for loan restructuring

As part of its response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the FCA announced finalised guidance designed to support consumers facing financial hardship and struggling to repay loans. In favour of consumers, lender firms are instructed to avoid repossession up to 1 April 2021 and consider payment holidays exposing lender firms who fail to adhere to enforcement action.

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R (KBR Inc) v SFO: A victory for common sense

In October 2020 the Supreme Court heard the appeal in R (KBR Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (see previous summary article).  The appeal focussed on whether the SFO could issue a notice under section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (“the CJA 1987”) to a foreign company requiring it to produce documents held abroad (“the s2 Notice”).  The Supreme Court has now ruled that a SFO s2 Notice does not have extraterritorial effect in what many practitioners and commentators will welcome as a victory for common sense and respect for the comity of nations.  That is an entirely unsurprising result given the well-established position generally limiting to the UK the application of legislation emanating from the UK Parliament.

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BCL’s Guevara Leacock admitted to the Bar of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court as a Barrister and Solicitor

BCL legal assistant Guevara Leacock has been admitted to the Bar of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and is now qualified to take instructions and act for persons living in that jurisdiction. Guevara is associated with a firm in his native St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a part of the Eastern Caribbean jurisdiction, with which he completed his internship. He is also qualified to be registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a Qualified Foreign Lawyer in the UK.

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