Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2026/1

Spotlight

  • Bart Garré, Richard Hay, Sophia Le Vesconte: The role of financial market infrastructure for stablecoins (3)

Features

  • Matthew Parker: Are claims worth over £3bn out of time under the FCA’s proposed motor finance redress scheme? (8)
  • The City of London Law Society Financial Law Committee: The face value requirement for deeds in s 1(2)(a) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (13)
  • Gerard McMeel: How long is your arm? The Motor Finance litigation and the impact on conduct of business (18)
  • Adam Rosenthal, Edward Blakeney: Should secured lenders be worried about the remediation provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022? (21)
  • Alex Shopov, Andy Vickery, George Gooderham: Progress through simplification: an opportunity to modernise the UK securitisation special purpose entity framework (24)
  • Luke Broadway: Agency and declarations of trust (27)
  • Hannah Yee-Fen Lim: Legal liability of deploying artificial intelligence in banking and finance (31)
  • Sherri Snelson, Alice Wight, Lavanya Raghavan, Emma Russell: NAV and Holdco back leverage facilities: balancing stakeholder interests to maximise value creation (33)
  • Benedikt Bartylla: How can stablecoins move between regulatory systems? (36)
  • Ian Bergson: Tackling fraud: a duty of inquiry or a duty if on inquiry? (39)
  • Jacqueline Cook: Planes, trains and … tractors: a new route to financing high value equipment in the mining, agriculture and construction sectors (43)
  • Rosa M Lastra, Daniele D’ Alvia: Simplification, not deregulation: reframing financial regulation in the UK and the EU (47)
  • Stephen Moi, Tessa Agar: Fallout: the current cycle of post-M&A disputes (54)
  • Lisa Lee Lewis, Sam Krips: Unlocking the UK banking market: to buy or not to buy (57)

In Practice

  • Keith M Aurzada, Kathleen Garrett, Emily Chang: Cryptocurrency custody insolvency: why it remains so complex (59)
  • Sara Evans: A step-up in regulatory support for UK fund tokenisation (61)
  • Kelesi Blundell: Strong and simple: a new capital regime for small UK banks and building societies (63)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings: Houssein & ors v London Credit Ltd & anor and Catbalogan Holdings S.Á.R.L v Unik Bond S.A. (64)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (67)
  • Market Movements by CMS (71)
  • Deals (73)
  • Legal Ease by by Lexis+® UK: LMEs and formal insolvency (74)
  • International Briefing from India (75)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/1

Spotlight

  • Sarah Lewis: Increasing interest? Hedging considerations in light of rising interest rates (3)


Features

  • Helen Pugh: Crypto fraud and the bona fide purchaser for value defence (5)
  • Kwan Ho Lau: Contractual novations: the “partial novation” phenomenon and is advance consent absolute? (8)
  • John McGrath, Kay Morley:The suspense ends: court says certain ISDA bankruptcy defaults can be cured (12)
  • Sarah Garvey: Cross-border enforcement of judgments in the post-Brexit age: a glimmer of light on the horizon? (15)
  • Gerard McMeel: “Now what news on the Rialto?” the resurgence of capacity risk and the slow demise of contractual estoppel (19)
  • William Wilson, Rabin Kok: Cryptocurrency and the claim in debt (25)
  • Nicole Kearse: A case for “debt-for-nature” and “debt-for-climate” swaps in emerging and developing economies (28)
  • Nicholas Medcroft, Leonora Sagan: Reforming corporate criminal liability: a missed opportunity to modernise the law (30)
  • William Hibbert: The new FCA Consumer Duty: the interrelationship with common law contractual obligations (33)
  • Zarra McGlone: Oceanfill v Nuffield: a clear outlook for commercial landlords? (35)
  • Felix Lee, Edward Ti, Stephanie Yeo, Clayton Chong: When Singapore REITs go under: risks and solutions for lenders (37)
  • Michael H. Meissner: EU prudential supervision: classifying institutions as significant or less significant following Wirecard’s collapse (41)

In Practice

  • Chris Bates, Julia Machin:The UK Financial Services and Markets Bill and UK Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: a comparison (45)
  • Jessica Walker, Tim Bennett: BTI v Sequana: practical implications for directors trading in the zone of insolvency (50)

Regulars

  • Book Review by Ross Cranston (51)
  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings and Merton College (52)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (57)
  • Market Movements by CMS (60)
  • Deals (62)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis®PSL (63)
  • International Briefings from Switzerland (64)