Cum[-ex] and go

David Corker (+44 (0)20 7353 6000, dc@corkerbinning.com) and Claire Cross (+44 (0)20 7353 6000, cc@corkerbinning.com) are partners at Corker Binning.

The year 2021 has been a hotbed of activity so far in relation to cum-ex and English law, write David Corker and Claire Cross of Corker Binning. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) suffered a rare but stinging defeat in a judicial review, the mammoth civil fraud court allegations made by SKAT (Denmark’s HM Revenue & Customs equivalent) against 100 plus defendants experienced a devastating setback and the UK is extraditing individuals to Belgium and Germany to face criminal fraud charges.