Those elements of Human Rights law which related to criminal charges could not be applied to disciplinary proceedings of the Securities and Futures Authority. Such proceedings are in their nature civil proceedings. Although a financial penalty was capable of being imposed, it could only be enforced as a civil debt. The applicant had the normal private rights of any member of an association.
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Times 15-May-2001, [2001] EWHC Admin 292
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Appeal from – Fleurose v The Securities and Futures Authority Ltd, The Disciplinary Appeal Tribunal of the Securities & Futures Authority Ltd CA 21-Dec-2001
The applicant sought to challenge a decision suspending him from authorisation to act as a financial adviser. He was alleged to have sought to affect the Index of share values in order that his company should not be liable under certain options. He . .
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Financial Services, Human Rights, Administrative
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.140321