Papers

The FMLC considers a very wide range of legal issues arising in the context of the wholesale financial markets. For convenience, numbers are assigned to these issues, Only occasionally does the Committee's consideration of these issues result in the publication of any paper

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Issue 103: Prospectus Directive "Offer to the Public"
Letter from European Commission dated November 2007

Issue 118: Building Society and Incorporated Friendly Society Set-Off - December 2007 Report
"Proposal for a Mandatory Insolvency Set-Off Rule applicable to Building Societies and Incorporated Friendly Societies"

Issue 108 - Administration - Set-off and Expenses - November 2007 Report
"Legal assessment of rule 2.85 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 and its interplay with other insolvency provisions in respect of post-administration liabilities owed to counterparties"

Issue 103 - Prospectus Directive - Public Offer
Letter to CESR

Issue 103 - Prospectus Directive - Public Offer
Letter to European Commission

Issue 131 - State Guarantees
Letter to European Commission

Issue 121 - Rome 1 Regulation Proposal
European Commission Final Proposal for a Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations

Suggestions for amendments to Articles 7 and 13

Issue 76 - Transparency Obligations Directive Liability - Report
Legal assessment of the proposed statutory liability regime in the Companies Bill in relation to Transparency Obligations Directive disclosure

Issue 76 - Transparency Obligations Directive Liability
Letter from Alexander Schaub, European Commission to Lord Woolf

Issue 76 - Transparency Obligations Directive Liability
Letter from Lord Woolf to Alexander Schaub, European Commission

Issue 125 - DG Markt Consultation
Letter from Lord Woolf to the European Commission

Issue 122 - Davidson Review
Letter from Lord Woolf to the Davidson Review

Issue 121 - Rome I Regulation Proposal
European Commission Final Proposal for a Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations - Legal Assessment of the Conversion of the Rome Convention to a Community Instrument and the Provisions of the Proposed Rome I Regulations

Issue 118 - Insolvency Set-Off and Building Societies
Lettter from Lord Woolf to Desmond Flynn, The Insolvency Service

Issues 120 - Section 868 of the Company Law Reform Bill
Statutory Reversal of Leyland DAF

Issue 113 - Insurance Contracts, Rome I - Paper 2
Response of the FMLC to a Final Proposal by the European Commission on a Rome I Regulation, as it relates to the Applicable Law of Insurance Contracts

Issue 42 - Unfair Terms in Contracts
Letter from Lord Browne-Wilkinson to Professor Hugh Beale, Law Commission, dated 31 January 2006

Issue 104 - Pensions Act: Associated and Connected Persons
Insolvency Practitioners - Receivers and the Pensions Act 2004

Issue 55 - Asset-Backed Bonds
Asset-backed bonds and the Implementation of Article 22(4) of the First Directive Regarding Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities

Issue 55 - Asset Backed Bonds
Report on Conflict of Laws and Mortgage Funding - The Rome I Instrument

Issue 119 - Conflicts between FSAP Directives
Legal assessment of various Directives arising from the European Commission's Financial Services Action Plan - inconsistences, conflicts and lacunae between Directives

Issue 113 - Insurance Contracts, Rome I - Paper 1
Response of the FMLC to a Consultation by the European Commission on the Insurance Provisions of a Proposed Rome "I" Instrument

Issue 58 - Hague Convention - Ratification and Implementation
Legal assessment of the arguments relating to the signing of the Hague Securities Convention - the need for, and benefits of, the Hague Securities Convention

Issue 109 - The Consumer Credit Bill
Provisions relating to 'Unfair Relationships':
impact on the financial markets and the consumer finance industry

Issue 104 - Working Group on the Pensions Act 2004
Letter from the Pensions Regulator to
Lord Browne-Wilkinson dated 20 July 2005

Issue 104 - Working Group on the Pensions Act 2004
Letter from Lord Browne-Wilkinson to David Norgrove at the Pensions Regulator dated 5 July 2005

Issue 104 - Working Group on the Pensions Act 2004
Letter from the Pensions Regulator to
Lord Browne-Wilkinson dated 19 May 2005

Issue 104 - Working Group on the Pensions Act 2004
Letter from Lord Browne-Wilkinson to David Norgrove at the Pensions Regulator dated 20 April 2005

Issue 69 - Proceeds of Crime Act -
Proposed Amendments to Part 7 of Proceeds
of Crime Act 2002

Letter from Caroline Flint, MP to
Lord Browne-Wilkinson dated 4 March 2005

Issue 90 - Drafting Contracts to Cater for Major Operational Disruption
Letter from Lord Browne-Wilkinson
11 April 2005

Issue 79 - Pari Passu Clauses
Analysis of the role, use and meaning of pari passu clauses in sovereign debt obligations as a matter of English law.

Issue 69 - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Analysis Of Whether The Proposed Changes To Part 7 Of The Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 In The Serious Organised Crime And Police Bill Affect The Legal Uncertainties Identified In The Financial Markets Law Committee Issue 69

Issue 80 - Reform of Law on Company Security Interests - Uncertainty Issues Raised by Law Commission Consultation Paper 176
Letter from Lord Browne-Wilkinson to
Sir Roger Toulson on 1 December 2004

Issue 76 - Transparency Obligations Directive - Report - October 2004

Issue 69 - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Issue 89 - Prospectus Directive - Choice of Home Member State
Note to interested parties
from Lord Browne-Wilkinson
27 September 2004

Issue 89 - Prospectus Directive - Choice of Home Member State

Issue 3 - Property Interests in Investment Securities

Issue 3 - Property Interests in Investment Securities
Report on Research into the 1994 Revisions to Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code

Issue 3 - Property Interests in Investment Securities
International Overview

Issue 3 - Property Interests in Investment Securities
Resources and Materials

Issue 3 - Property Interests in Investment Securities
The Six Classic Priority Scenarios

Issue 3 - Property Interests in Investment Securities
The Regulation of Securities Intermediaries by the FSA

Issue 62 - Trustee Exemption Clauses - Report

Issue 76 - Transparency Obligations Directive - Report

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Report

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation
Checklist for Contracts

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 1
Working Group and Terms of Reference

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 2
Letters to Foreign Bodies

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 3
References and Weblinks

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 4A
Materials Relating to Contracts

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 4B
Materials Relating to Contracts - ISDA

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 5
Materials Relating to Infrastructure Bodies

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation - Appendix 6
Materials from other International Wholesale Financial Marketplaces

Issue 1 - Implementation of Financial Collateral Directive 2002/47/EC
Letter to HM Treasury
from Lord Browne-Wilkinson
25 July 2003

Issue 1 - Implementation of Financial Collateral Directive 2002/47/EC
Letter to CLLS Financial Law Sub-Committee
from Lord Browne-Wilkinson
25 July 2003

Issue 1 - Implementation of Financial Collateral Directive 2002/47/EC
CLLS Financial Law Sub-Committee working paper, 2 May 2003

Issue 74 - Set-off in administration.
Note to interested parties
from Lord Browne-Wilkinson
21 July 2003

Fund Management and Market Transactions
Note to interested parties
from Lord Browne-Wilkinson

Fund Management and Market Transactions
- A Practice Recommendation.

Financial Law Panel paper first published
September 1995

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation Working Group
Note of meeting 13 March 2003

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation Working Group
Note of meeting 31 March 2003

Issue 56 - Emergency Powers Legislation Working Group
Note of meeting 27 June 2003

Issue 74 - Set-off in administration.
Note of meeting with Insolvency Service
26 June 2003

Issue 42 - Unfair terms in contracts.
Letter to Chairman of the Law Commission
20 June 2003