This is the 31st episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts. In this episode we will discuss fake authorities, the Hague 2019 judgments convention, the Civil Justice Council's report on litigation funding, a recent decision where the English court has accepted jurisdiction despite acknowledging that the case had a closer connection with Brazil, and some interesting recent cases on responding to proceedings and inadvertent disclosure of privileged material.

This episode is hosted by Maura McIntosh, a knowledge counsel in our commercial litigation team, who is joined by Neil Blake, a disputes partner, and Tracey Lattimer, a knowledge lawyer in the commercial litigation team.Below you can find links to our blog posts on the developments and cases covered in this podcast.

Links

• Court lambasts citation of fake authorities in proceedings and orders wasted costs
• The Hague 2019 Judgments Convention: Bolstering the UK's position as a jurisdiction of choice for international dispute resolution
• Civil Justice Council's final report on litigation funding recommends "light touch" statutory regulation
• High Court allows case to proceed against defendant companies domiciled in England despite claims having more real and substantial connection with Brazil
• High Court declines to extend time for defendant to challenge court's jurisdiction, despite claim form having been served out of time
• High Court grants permission to rely on inadvertently disclosed privileged documents where the mistake was not obvious

Changes are being made to company law, to tackle fraud and boost transparency. The changes affect pension schemes. In particular, trustee directors will in future need to verify their identity.

Isobel Hoyle from our corporate team joins to discuss. She explains what identity verification will involve, and flags other points which should be on the radar of trustees and employers.For more on identity verification and the changes generally, click here for a suite of guides published by Isobel and colleagues.

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After initial scepticism, Crypto is making its way into the UK regulatory perimeter. In the sixth episode of the FSR Brief, Jon Ford and Michael Tan are joined by Chris Ninan and Elizabeth Stephens to discuss the road to regulation, with a focus on the recently published statutory instrument from the UK Government, and the FCA's "DP25/1: Regulating cryptoasset activities".

We explore how the Government and the FCA propose to balance the promotion of growth of the Crypto industry with the need to protect consumers.

This episode supplements the podcast by our FSR advisory team on the Top 3 Takeaways from the new Crypto Rules, and the blog post about the draft rules.