The decisive action that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took earlier in the year to bring legal clarity to the legitimacy of the commercial insurance business interruption clauses by selecting eight insurers in a test case at the High Court resulted...
Italy has positioned itself as the best country to choose as a base for doing business across Europe. Two schemes - the Budget Law - Article 24-bis of Italy’s Tax Code (TUIR) launched in March 2017 and the Investor Visa; one scheme providing an...
UK Businesses are well aware that they are facing the double challenge of Brexit and coronavirus whilst standing on the shifting sands of the ever-changing government stances relating to the twin perils with the consequential effect on their ability to do...
The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crisis has brought with it the inevitable consequence of high levels of redundancies as organisation after organisation struggles to survive in the current economic climate. When a business finds itself in...
Giambrone’s banking and finance team, led by Joanna Bailey , have successfully obtained a six-figure sum from a UK bank in respect of an investment fraud. Our foreign exchange (Forex) litigation lawyers made a chargeback request was based...
Nobody can possibly tell when they may have the misfortune to have a serious or life-changing accident. Rarely does anyone plan their response to such an event. It goes without saying that any severe accident is devastating but an accident abroad can...
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) test case against eight insurers at the High Court achieved its aim in going some way in defining the validity of commercial insurance policies business interruption clause. The Court provided a detailed...
As countries across Europe reel from the consequences of the devastating economic setbacks that coronavirus has delivered, the countries already struggling to attract investment are developing new strategies to encourage both high net worth individuals and...
Once the Brexit transition period ends at 11.00 pm on 31 December 2020 there will be a number of significant changes in how new cross-border divorce and child proceedings will be treated. The EU “umbrella” laws will no longer apply in the courts...
With the sands of time rapidly pouring through the Brexit hourglass the British Chamber of Commerce survey shockingly reveals that, of the firms that responded to the survey, only 38% have planned for the radically altered trading landscape that a no-deal...
The immense pressure that businesses are under with the double impact of the potential no-deal Brexit and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic is often most keenly felt when a husband and wife work within their own business. Stress in a marriage is...
One of the hardest things for a medical professional to judge when a person has an accident is the long-term consequences. If you have the misfortune to have an accident abroad, particularly if you don’t know the language, it can be extremely hard to...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recognised that the consumer investment market is not operating in a way that provides the best advice to consumers who are often offered unsuitable products. The FCA has drafted a 34 page paper addressing...
The landmark judgment handed down on Tuesday 15 September by the High Court in respect to of the case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) against eight insurers to establish the position regarding business interruption clauses was...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the regulating body 59,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, recognised early on in the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic that the controversy surrounding the business interruption...
How the UK will finally leave Europe will define the way cross-border divorce cases are dealt with in the future. The spectre of a no-deal Brexit is closer than ever and the consequences will have important implications for cross-border divorce...
Updated 22.07.2021 On the evening of 31 December 2020, the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 came into effect which rescinded all EU law that was currently effective in the UK with the exception of a considerable amount of EU law that...
Nearly everyone understands the importance of taking legal advice and enshrining the terms of a commercial transaction in a comprehensive legal agreement. Unfortunately, when it comes to personal relationships often a verbal promise is often taken at...
As the Brexit transition period is rapidly drawing to an end, British citizens will lose the right of trouble-free travel, work and residency in Italy. The increasing possibility of a no-deal Brexit will further cement the obstacles for British...
Mediation is increasingly the first choice as a method for resolving disputes. Giambrone’s lawyers in the litigation team have extensive experience of successfully obtaining satisfactory conclusions for our clients in a wide range of contentious...
