Miscellaneous: Finance
This part of the topic index contains miscellaneous resources on finance. Please select the resource that you require by clicking on the relevant tab below.
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basis and update them as soon as possible.
| 1 | Arbitration: a ten-minute guide Need to find out about arbitration in ten minutes? This practice note aims to provide a bird's eye view of the most important features of arbitration and arbitration law, from commencement of proceedings right through to enforcement of awards. Links to more detailed discussion are provided. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Insurance toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC's UK and multi-jurisdictional insurance materials. PLC's UK web services provide some general insurance materials, together with materials on the regulation of the insurance sector in the UK. In addition, some of our UK web services offer sector-specific insurance materials and current awareness updates on insurance-related developments that fall within their scope. PLC Cross-border provides a multi-jurisdictional guide to insurance and reinsurance law in 22 countries. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Jurisdiction: an overview This note considers the jurisdictional issues which arise when litigation has a foreign element. It sets out the rules which determine whether the English court will have jurisdiction, both under the common law and the European regime, in particular under the Brussels Regulation. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes under DOTAS: direct tax A practice note about the direct tax disclosure regime which requires promoters, and in some cases, users, of certain tax planning arrangements to disclose details of the arrangements to HMRC. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | DOTAS: regime applicable before 1 August 2006 A practice note about the direct tax disclosure regime applicable before 1 August 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Rome I and Rome II: a summary This note considers: The Rome I Regulation on the law applicable to contractual obligations. The Rome II Regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations. It summarises the background to both Regulations, their legislative history and key objectives (including the instruments which preceded their introduction, namely the Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations and the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | The European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon This Practice note examines the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the decision-making procedures and substantive policies of the European Union. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Trusts in commercial transactions The trust is widely admired and recognised in many jurisdictions around the world. Although primarily used by individuals, they also have a wide variety of applications in a commercial context. This practice note provides an introduction to trusts and trustees and considers some commercial applications of trusts. | Practice notes | Maintained |