This podcast explores the impact of minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES) on commercial leases in the logistics sector, including rent review, lease renewals and dilapidation claims.

Speakers: Julia Petrenko, Barrister, Falcon Chambers, Seb Taylor, Partner, HSF Kramer and Matthew Weal, Senior Associate, HSF Kramer

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 Nic Patmore.

You can find links to our blog posts on the case covered in this podcast below:

• Supreme Court decision in Hopcraft motor finance commission appeal – key implications for financial services firms
• Banking Litigation Podcast Episode 54: Hopcraft Special Edition
• English High Court decides in favour of banks in EuroChem bond claim, confirming payment under on-demand bonds prohibited due to Russian sanctions
• High Court grants bank stakeholder relief under CPR Part 86 in USD 11 million deposit dispute involving competing claims
• High Court permits documents obtained via Norwich Pharmacal Order to be used against disclosing bank in related APP fraud claim
• Financial List finds claim for declaratory relief brought by ultimate beneficial owners of loan notes against issuer is arguable
• Privy Council abrogates so-called "Shareholder Rule" under English law: companies can assert privilege against their shareholders
• Hague 2019 Judgments Convention comes into force in UK
• Civil Justice Council's final report on litigation funding recommends "light touch" statutory regulation

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In this last episode of the series, the Corporate Crime and Investigations team considers the application of the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence to complex group structures including in relation to parent companies and their subsidiaries (whether incorporated in the UK or overseas).

Susannah Cogman, Eamon McCarthy-Keen, and Clara Browne examine several important issues in this episode such as: (i) how the offence applies to corporate group structures; (ii) the potential liability of a parent company for the activities of its subsidiaries and their employees, including where the employee is a 'senior manager'; (iii) the application of the offence to global companies; and (iv) conduct across borders. They also provide insight into the steps that businesses should take to prepare for the imminent implementation of the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence at a group and individual subsidiary level.

You can find links to further background reading relevant to the episode below:

1. Summary table regarding parent-subsidiary liability
2. HSF Kramer FTPF Briefing
3. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
4. Home Office Guidance
5. UK Finance Guidance