Evidence that service personnel deployed on operations may have committed “serious offences” has been referred to the military police, it emerged today. It’s the first confirmation that members of UK special forces may be prosecuted over allegations of unlawful killings
On 5 October 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a speech delivered by Jon Relleen, director of infrastructure and exchanges, at the Reform of the UK Public and Private Capital Markets Summit 2026.
Key points of note from the
The government has backed down on plans to remove the right to jury trial in cases where a defendant in England and Wales would not be expected to receive a sentence of more than three years. That seems to be
By Fernando Del Canto on October 5, 2026
A trust settled in London that owns a villa in Ibiza or on the Côte d’Azur may exist in English law but not on the same terms in Spanish or French law.
We speak with Cambridge University Press GC Catie Sheret and Weightmans partner and former CTO Stuart Whittle – see video interview belowOne of the refreshing things about Beacon Collective’s gathering of legal tech leaders last week was that
Global law firm Freshfields advised UBS AG London Branch, Barclays Bank PLC and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as joint global co-ordinators, on the placement of 83.3 million ordinary shares in Land Securities Group PLC (Landsec), raising approximately £500 million.
On 2 October 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper on preparing for the new transaction reporting regime (CP26/34).
Background
UK Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (UK MiFIR) transaction reports are a key source of data for
Wim Dejonghe, former global senior partner of Allen & Overy, has teamed up with the technology entrepreneurs behind Belgium HR-tech scaleup Mbrella and a former Freshfields lawyer to co-found Falcon, an AI-native law firm built around AI and flat-fee pricing
2 October 2026: International Day of Non-Violence
A retired social worker stands outside a courthouse holding a handwritten sign. Elsewhere, 13 people block the entrance to a federal building and wait to be cited. Neither raises a hand against anyone.
