https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2608.1.2010/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comInsurers & Reinsurershttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97190fb6a62011f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97190fb6a62011f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FCA has published its findings from a multi-firm review of frontier AI and cyber resilience.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97190fb6a62011f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I36691d0aa5e811f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I36691d0aa5e811f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1119 setting out regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the information to include in applications for authorisation or recognition as an ESG rating provider, supplementing the ESG Ratings Regulation ((EU) 2024/3005), has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I36691d0aa5e811f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I660617c5a55a11f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I660617c5a55a11f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTEIOPA has published its technical advice to the European Commission on minimum common standards for insurance guarantee schemes (IGSs) in the EU.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I660617c5a55a11f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I86ce441b94cf11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I86ce441b94cf11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published RPC's Financial Ombudsman Service column for August 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I86ce441b94cf11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4d5143fa03611f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4d5143fa03611f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 28 August 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4d5143fa03611f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia9a01c6ba1c411f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia9a01c6ba1c411f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia9a01c6ba1c411f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieb2c8ec4a09211f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieb2c8ec4a09211f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE and others v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2026] EWHC 2207 (KB), the court awarded costs on the indemnity basis against the claimants. It also held that it had the power to impose a cap on costs, including where they are awarded on the indemnity basis, but it decided not to exercise that power.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieb2c8ec4a09211f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I875715429e2311f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I875715429e2311f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe European Commission has asked ESMA and EIOPA for technical advice on level 2 measures under the proposed Directive on retail investment protection (Omnibus Directive), which relates to its Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) for the EU.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I875715429e2311f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie5baefa09b3911f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie5baefa09b3911f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 21 August 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie5baefa09b3911f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I95a0f3fa9a4511f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I95a0f3fa9a4511f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published Practice note, Retail disclosure framework for consumer composite investments (CCIs) in Product Disclosure sourcebook (DISC).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I95a0f3fa9a4511f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibe1d8deb9a6b11f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibe1d8deb9a6b11f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Evroins inshurans grup AD v EIOPA (Case T-247/24) ECLI:EU:T:2026:353, the General Court dismissed an action seeking annulment of a decision of the European Supervisory Authorities' Board of Appeal, which dismissed as inadmissible an appeal against EIOPA's refusal to investigate an alleged breach of EU law by a national supervisor.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibe1d8deb9a6b11f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I91165a3896c511f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I91165a3896c511f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that its sponsoring department has transferred from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) back to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), following machinery-of-government changes.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I91165a3896c511f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2e168dfc94ca11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2e168dfc94ca11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 14 August 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2e168dfc94ca11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icb5ba3e0963111f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icb5ba3e0963111f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched Data Protection Essentials, a free online training and self-assessment programme for small and medium-sized organisations, their employees and sole traders.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icb5ba3e0963111f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3f23ddb7950311f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3f23ddb7950311f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published a policy statement on modernising the redress system.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3f23ddb7950311f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ied89304b932111f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ied89304b932111f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FCA has published its findings, including examples of good and poor practice, following a review of its early and high growth oversight pilot with high-growth firms.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ied89304b932111f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I10cf5e8e8f2211f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I10cf5e8e8f2211f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe PRA is offering a modification by consent for run-off firms that meet the thresholds to be classified as a non-Solvency UK firm, but are excluded because they have general insurance, credit and suretyship liabilities.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I10cf5e8e8f2211f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I33cd8a0a915911f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I33cd8a0a915911f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) has published its decision in Finch and another v The Financial Conduct Authority [2026] UKUT 217 (TCC), dismissing privacy applications seeking to prevent the FCA from publishing decision notices and to exclude the applicants' references from the tribunal register.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I33cd8a0a915911f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7c1082b0920a11f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7c1082b0920a11f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FCA has published a statement setting out its concerns about a number of risks it has identified among Annex 1 financial institutions.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7c1082b0920a11f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58a25acf916311f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58a25acf916311f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 7 August 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58a25acf916311f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ife2953a18ffb11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ife2953a18ffb11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FCA has published a new webpage on climate adaptation and resilience, setting out information for firms on how physical risks from climate change may impact the property insurance and mortgage markets, and explaining how the FCA can help firms prepare.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ife2953a18ffb11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2445c8508c1911f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2445c8508c1911f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2445c8508c1911f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If03d7d4d8cd111f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If03d7d4d8cd111f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FCA has published Handbook Notice 143, which sets out changes to the FCA Handbook made by the FCA board on 25 June 2026 and 30 July 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If03d7d4d8cd111f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4ddf78688c7c11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4ddf78688c7c11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) (that is, the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) have published a joint statement on taking a consistent and risk-based approach for ICT risks from frontier AI models.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4ddf78688c7c11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie231492f8a4d11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie231492f8a4d11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 31 July 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie231492f8a4d11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia63677c48b3911f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia63677c48b3911f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published Practice note, EU AI Act transparency requirements.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia63677c48b3911f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I864d9a418c0a11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I864d9a418c0a11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FCA has published the final notice issued to Equity for Growth (Securities) Ltd (EFG), a small corporate finance firm, imposing a public censure under section 205 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) for approving minibond financial promotions that were unfair, unclear and misleading, in breach of COBS 4.2.1(1)R.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I864d9a418c0a11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I59d0a43a8ba011f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I59d0a43a8ba011f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTTwo Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing the ESG Ratings Regulation ((EU) 2024/3005) relating to fees charged to, and fines and penalty payments imposed on, ESG rating providers by ESMA have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I59d0a43a8ba011f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1eafff5d8ac011f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1eafff5d8ac011f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe PRA has published low impact amendments to its rules and policy material (LIAF02/26).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1eafff5d8ac011f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0bdd28be8b2111f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0bdd28be8b2111f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe PRA has published a consultation paper on low impact amendments to its rules and policy material (LIAC02/26).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0bdd28be8b2111f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29