In this issue:
• Blockchain Used in IPO and ATS, Bitcoin Fund Announced, APAC Trade Data Published
• Quorum Acquisition Announced, Blockchain Initiatives Launch for Coffee and NASA
• Crypto Crimes Continue in Ransomware, Fraud, Wash Trading and Tax Evasion
Gibraltar
- Europe
- Gibraltar
Market access arrangements for financial services between the UK and Gibraltar: a consultation
On 11 March 2020, HM Treasury published a consultation paper setting out proposals to introduce new market access arrangements for financial services between the UK and Gibraltar.
Gibraltar was not a Member State of the EU in its own right.…
Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 made
On 15 March 2019, there was published on legislation.gov.uk The Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, together with an explanatory memorandum. These Regulations have now been made – the contents of these regulations was covered in…
Draft Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 laid before Parliament
On 22 January 2019, there was published on legislation.gov.uk a draft version of the Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The draft statutory instrument has now been laid before Parliament. A…
Draft Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
On 14 January 2019, HM Treasury published a draft of the Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, together with an updated explanatory information webpage.
The draft statutory instrument is part of the UK Government’s contingency planning…
UK Government statement regarding Gibraltar financial services firms
The UK Government has issued a statement confirming that it will guarantee Gibraltar financial services firms’ access to UK markets as now until 2020. Ahead of this, the UK Government will work closely with the Government of Gibraltar to design…
UK Government Guarantees Gibraltar Financial Services Firms’ Access to UK Markets
On March 8, the UK government’s Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) published a statement guaranteeing Gibraltar financial services firms with continued access to UK markets from now until 2020.
DExEU goes on to state that, in the meantime,…
Gibraltar Court Recognises Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as a Foreign Main Proceeding
Court Refuses to Expand Challenges of Arbitral Procedural Orders
The recent case of Enterprise Insurance Company Plc v U-Drive Solutions (Gibraltar) Limited [1] illustrates the reluctance of courts to intervene in arbitrations despite the parties agreeing otherwise. The court dismissed an attack on two procedural orders…
BBC News – Neanderthal ‘artwork’ found in Gibraltar cave
Mounting evidence suggests Neanderthals were not the brutes they were characterised as decades ago. via www.bbc.com