Over the past five years since the previous edition, the legal landscape around the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) has been particularly active, keeping legal professionals engaged with numerous cases and enforcement actions. A search of the Judiciary's website reveals 191 judgments related to the SFO, and the Securities and Futures Commission has issued 313 enforcement news items during this period. These developments are reflected in the current edition, with many of these matters involving the General Editor and the expert contributors of this title. 

The 2025 Edition of Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571) continues to be a valuable resource for those engaged in this dynamic and rapidly evolving area of law. 

Consumer credit is a highly technical area of the law and, for both the uninitiated and experienced practitioners, the intricacies of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (the Act) can prove overwhelming. Locating, interpreting and applying the correct provisions applicable at the relevant time can be a daunting task. As the Act is now in its fiftieth year and on the verge of major reform, this new book provides an easy-to-follow, practical, single-volume guide to this challenging area. Consumer Credit Law and Regulation sets out the scope of the Act, introduces its key concepts and shows how it regulates the customer journey from pre-contract matters to enforcement. The practical perspectives on this complicated legislation will prove essential reading for those new to consumer credit law, as well as a vital reference guide for established practitioners. The accessible analysis of key aspects of the Consumer Credit Act enables readers to understand both the structure of the legislation and to navigate the text itself when searching for relevant material. These key topics are organised as follows: The regulatory landscape Authorisation Categorisation of agreements Drafting of agreements Pre-contractual matters Matters arising during the agreement Connected lender liability Settlement and termination Unfair relationships Litigation and procedure.

Chalmers and Guest provides the definitive guide to the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 and the Cheques Act 1957, and offers legal practitioners comprehensive guidance to the law and practice relating to bills of exchange, cheques and promissory notes. Offers comprehensive guidance on the law and practice relating to bills of exchange, cheques and promissory notes Provides a section-by-section commentary to the primary legislation, the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 and the Cheques Act 1957 Explains in detail what provisions the legislation contains, and provides opinion and guidance on how to comply Presents a selection of precedents to assist the reader in communications as well as court proceedings Illustrates common situations where problems may arise, and works through the legal consequence Covers legal capacity for entering into a payment contract Addresses consideration, and how the rules governing it diverge from contract law Considers how bills may be transferred from one person to another Sets out the general duties of the holder, including the necessary steps to fix the maturity of the instrument Identifies the liabilities of the parties Looks at discharge of a bill, including circumstances where payment is insufficient to discharge the bill Details the law governing lost, destroyed or split bills as well as crossed cheques Examines the applicable law where parties are based in different jurisdictions, and conflict of laws Reflects the changes introduced by Small Business, enterprise and Employment Act 2015 on bills of exchange and cheques: in particular the changes concerning electronic payment of bills Major changes detailed in the new 19th edition include: The Electronic Trade Documentation Act 2023, which creates a new (and entirely separate) mechanism for creating and transferring electronic bills of exchange and which deems electronic bills of exchange which circulate on an electronic trade platform to be equivalent to paper bills The cessation of paper cheque clearing and the adoption of the Image Clearing System (ICS) by Pay.UK, which saw all cheques being cleared as images Important new cases, including Teva Canada Ltd. v. TD Canada Trust Considers the position in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK as regards cheques

Crypto and digital assets include everything from Bitcoin to bonds to Bored Apes to buildings. They are both a new asset class and a means of digitalisation of traditional financial markets. They are also the currency of the next stage of the internet. In this unique and definitive new book, Charles Kerrigan and a range of expert contributors analyse the law on crypto and digital assets in an integrated way that provides strong guidance and all the answers that practitioners working in this new (and difficult) area of the law need to know. Crypto and Digital Assets Law and Regulation provides a thorough yet concise explanation of legal fundamentals such as cryptoasset regulation in the UK, Europe and the USA, and the legal principles relating to block chain and distributed ledger technologies. It clearly explains key concepts such as smart contracts, payments, tokenisation, central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, digital asset exchanges, wallets, lending transactions, security interests, decentralised finance, yield, NFTs, blockchain and crypto analytics, fundraising, venture capital investment, taxation, personal data and the blockchain, intellectual property, outsourcing, disputes and restructuring and insolvency.

Goode and Gullifer on Legal Problems of Credit and Security clearly explains the fundamental concepts of common law and equity as they affect secured transactions. This book, now in its 7th edition, provides a thorough yet concise explanation of the law of credit and security enabling the reader to understand how the underlying principles apply to different transactions. Edited by Professor Louise Gullifer, the book defines how security can be relied upon as part of a credit agreement and explain key concepts such as attachment, set-off, fixed and floating charges and financial collateral. Goode and Gullifer on Legal Problems of Credit and Security: Explores the fundamental concepts of the law affecting secured transactions Illuminates the law of credit and security so that complex, technical areas can be more readily understood Outlines the different forms that credit and security can take Provides deep analysis of the legal principles where the law is unclear Addresses the legal implications of changes in the organisation of the credit and security market Covers case law and legislative developments as well as international conventions and European Community Directives

A Practitioner’s Guide to the Law and Regulation of Market Abuse covers all aspects of the law relating to market abuse in the United Kingdom. It examines the regulation of market abuse under the Financial Conduct Authority and explains the practical application of the market abuse regime in relation to specific industry areas including primary markets, mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, sales and trading, commodity derivatives and fund management. Comprehensive as well as practical, it also considers market manipulation, unlawful disclosure of inside information and insider trading, and this third edition is fully updated to reflect all the changes in legislation post-Brexit. New for this edition: Revised to reflect changes in legislation following the UK's exit from the EU Examines the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and responses to it Covers the regulation of market abuse under the Financial Conduct Authority Updated to cover latest regulatory enforcement action Includes a new chapter on prevention and detection of market abuse