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Tax

Autumn Budget 2026: what tax measures can the UK expect?

Price of stability may delay difficult decisions on tax

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06/10/2026

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Banking and finance

Spanish Supreme Court rules that refusing to sell a pledge over shares may shift the risk to the bank

The Supreme Court establishes a precedent: where the sale of pledged shares would have fully repaid the loan, the bank...

30/09/2026

Read time 3m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2026

Fintech updates: Mills Review: FCA priority recommendations on AI in retail financial services | Financial services AI adoption plan |...

28/09/2026

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Dispute resolution

English Court of Appeal considers meaning of 'public domain' in confidentiality dispute

Information shared with around 200 potential investors may constitute confidential information under an NDA

13/08/2026

Read time 3m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2026

Fintech: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 | Payments: FCA welcomes launch of UK Payments Initiative scheme for...

29/07/2026

Read time 3m

Tax

UK publishes draft legislation for new Securities Transfer Tax

A new single tax will replace the current Stamp Duty and SDRT regimes from next year

23/07/2026

Read time 5m

ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance

ESG Knowledge Update | July 2026

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's ESG Knowledge Update from our multi-disciplinary ESG team

22/07/2026

Read time 11m

Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)

ESRB Warning ESRB/2026/3: Systemic Cyber Risks from Frontier AI Models — What Financial Institutions Need to Know

The ESRB’s Warning ESRB/2026/3 elevates frontier AI models (FAIMs) to a source of severe systemic cyber risk for the EU...

22/07/2026

Read time 6m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook June 2026

UK updates: FCA welcomes launch of UK Payments Initiative scheme for open banking payments | Financial Services Regulation Committee report...

30/06/2026

Read time 3m

Data Centres

Planning, AI and cyber rule changes bring new risks for UK and EU data centre development

Operators, investors and advisers are contending with legal and regulatory uncertainty as data centre demand rises

16/06/2026

Read time 9m

Tax

Government considers tax reforms to secure stablecoin's place in UK mainstream finance

Current rules are triggering tax obligations that are increasingly hard to sustain for crypto users and businesses

15/06/2026

Read time 4m

Financial Services

UK accelerates Consumer Credit Act reform for the digital age

Government moves to modernise the regime more quickly than expected, but postpones tackling the trickiest provisions

28/05/2026

Read time 5m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2026

Payments: HMT sets out new payments package during Fintech Week | New payments safeguarding rules and updated FCA approach document...

27/05/2026

Read time 5m

Financial Services

UK regulator moves to simplify consumer credit financial promotion rules

The FCA is dropping rigid rules, relying instead on the Consumer Duty to maintain standards in firms' consumer comms

27/05/2026

Read time 4m

Tax

The new UK carried interest regime takes effect: what should fund managers be considering?

The regime is now in force bringing carried interest within the scope of income tax

26/05/2026

Read time 3m

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Tax

Autumn Budget 2026: what tax measures can the UK expect?

Price of stability may delay difficult decisions on tax

New -

06/10/2026

Read time 5m

Banking and finance

Spanish Supreme Court rules that refusing to sell a pledge over shares may shift the risk to the bank

The Supreme Court establishes a precedent: where the sale of pledged shares would have fully repaid the loan, the bank...

30/09/2026

Read time 3m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2026

Fintech updates: Mills Review: FCA priority recommendations on AI in retail financial services | Financial services AI adoption plan |...

28/09/2026

Read time 6m

Dispute resolution

English Court of Appeal considers meaning of 'public domain' in confidentiality dispute

Information shared with around 200 potential investors may constitute confidential information under an NDA

13/08/2026

Read time 3m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2026

Fintech: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 | Payments: FCA welcomes launch of UK Payments Initiative scheme for...

29/07/2026

Read time 3m

Tax

UK publishes draft legislation for new Securities Transfer Tax

A new single tax will replace the current Stamp Duty and SDRT regimes from next year

23/07/2026

Read time 5m

ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance

ESG Knowledge Update | July 2026

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's ESG Knowledge Update from our multi-disciplinary ESG team

22/07/2026

Read time 11m

Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)

ESRB Warning ESRB/2026/3: Systemic Cyber Risks from Frontier AI Models — What Financial Institutions Need to Know

The ESRB’s Warning ESRB/2026/3 elevates frontier AI models (FAIMs) to a source of severe systemic cyber risk for the EU...

22/07/2026

Read time 6m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook June 2026

UK updates: FCA welcomes launch of UK Payments Initiative scheme for open banking payments | Financial Services Regulation Committee report...

30/06/2026

Read time 3m

Data Centres

Planning, AI and cyber rule changes bring new risks for UK and EU data centre development

Operators, investors and advisers are contending with legal and regulatory uncertainty as data centre demand rises

16/06/2026

Read time 9m

Tax

Government considers tax reforms to secure stablecoin's place in UK mainstream finance

Current rules are triggering tax obligations that are increasingly hard to sustain for crypto users and businesses

15/06/2026

Read time 4m

Financial Services

UK accelerates Consumer Credit Act reform for the digital age

Government moves to modernise the regime more quickly than expected, but postpones tackling the trickiest provisions

28/05/2026

Read time 5m

Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2026

Payments: HMT sets out new payments package during Fintech Week | New payments safeguarding rules and updated FCA approach document...

27/05/2026

Read time 5m

Financial Services

UK regulator moves to simplify consumer credit financial promotion rules

The FCA is dropping rigid rules, relying instead on the Consumer Duty to maintain standards in firms' consumer comms

27/05/2026

Read time 4m

Tax

The new UK carried interest regime takes effect: what should fund managers be considering?

The regime is now in force bringing carried interest within the scope of income tax

26/05/2026

Read time 3m

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