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On International Women’s Day, Hickman & Rose work to improve women’s working lives in law

6 Mar 2025

On International Women’s Day, Hickman & Rose is proud to support the important work done by Women in Criminal Law to improve the working lives of women in the profession.

This year the firm…

Tom Bushnell in Law360 on Barclays CEO Jes Staley’s appeal against a FCA lifetime ban

3 Mar 2025

Hickman & Rose barrister Tom Bushnell has been quoted in the media commenting on former Barclays CEO Jes Staley’s appeal against his ban on working in a senior…

Ross Dixon in Law Society Gazette on SFO’s proposal to pay fraud whistleblowers

20 Jan 2025

Business Crime partner Ross Dixon has been quoted in a Law Society Gazette article examining some of SFO director Nick Ephgrave’s public pronouncements.

Since taking up the post in…

Tom Bushnell comments on Law360’s top FCA enforcement cases of the year

26 Dec 2024

Hickman & Rose’s Tom Bushnell has been quoted in Law360’s round up of the top FCA enforcement cases of 2024.

Tom commented on the FCA’s fining of both Starling Bank and Metro Bank for…

Tom Bushnell in Law360 on changes to FCA disclosure in enforcement proceedings

26 Nov 2024

Hickman & Rose barrister Tom Bushnell has been quoted in a Law360 article on the FCA’s recently announced changes to evidence disclosure in enforcement proceedings.

Earlier this month the…

Metro Bank’s £16m AML penalty – a case with little to do with challenger banks

19 Nov 2024

Metro Bank’s £16m fine for AML failings prompted commentary that the FCA, after a recently fining Starling Bank for similar, is focussing its attention on “challenger banks”.

This analysis risks…

What an annual report – and five fined firms – tells us about SRA AML enforcement trends

15 Nov 2024

In a blog, Head of Regulatory Law Andrew Katzen examines what the SRA’s recent report on Anti-Money Laundering, and five recent regulatory decisions, tell us about the regulator’s attitude to AML…

The FCA and disclosure – the little statement with big potential impact for regulatory enforcement

14 Nov 2024

Financial crime and regulatory law barrister Tom Bushnell explains why a recently published statement on the FCA’s website could have a significant impact on regulatory enforcement in England and…

Hickman & Rose recognised again in Times’ ‘Best Law Firms’ list

7 Nov 2024

Hickman & Rose is proud to be recognised again in The Times newspaper’s 2025 list of the best law firms in England and Wales.

Hickman & Rose has been a staple of The Times’ list since it…

Hickman & Rose recognised as leading law firm in Chambers directory

17 Oct 2024

Hickman & Rose is proud to have been recognised as one of the UK’s leading law firms in the 2025 edition of the Chambers and Partners legal directory.

As well as broad uplift in individual…