In this edition of our banking litigation podcast, we consider some recent cases that will be most relevant to in-house lawyers at banks and financial institutions. This episode is hosted by John Corrie, a partner in our banking litigation team, who is joined by Ceri Morgan and special guest Charlotte Benton.

You can find links to our blogs on the cases covered in this podcast below:

• Court of Appeal finds payment obligations under letters of credit suspended by UK Russian sanctions regime
• Supreme Court upholds anti-suit injunction against Russian court
• Supreme Court finds no obligation on party seeking to rely on force majeure clause to accept counterparty’s offer of non-contractual performance
• High Court strikes out APP fraud claims against receiving payment service provider
• Latest APP fraud claim against receiving PSP: High Court refuses to strike out claim for unjust enrichment
• High Court refuses summary judgment where bank account frozen without notice

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In this episode we talk with the Dr Marcus Thompson. Marcus was a Major General in the Australian Army, and the inaugural head of information warfare with the ADF. Since retiring from the armed forces, Marcus has been incredibly active in the cyber space.

He’s probably one of the more well known public commentators, he advises numerous companies in cyber strategy and sits on a number of boards, including a number of cyber security companies.

Marcus comments on his role with the ADF and the transferability of his cyber skills to the corporate world. He also offers some excellent insights on board engagement and building cyber resilience, including the need to undertake simulations. Importantly, Marcus talks about the role that veterans can play when they re-enter in the workforce and the role we all play in facilitating that. While his comments resonate well beyond cyber, notably, a number of ADF veterans are now leading some of our most successful cyber companies.

It was great to speak with Marcus. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this podcast, Episode Seven of our podcast services. Cross examining Dr Marcus Thompson. Here we go…

Isabella Kelly is joined by Gareth Sykes, Heike Schmitz and Carolyn Pugsley for a tour of some of the key ESG reporting requirements internationally and the work that is being done to understand how they map against each other. They discuss challenges around the regimes’ differences in materiality thresholds, subject matter coverage and approaches to protection from liability. They share insights on the practical realities for companies who are grappling with how to comply with multiple regimes, including whether the same disclosures – or at least the same data – can be used, and what can be done to understand where uplift is required.