The Financial Conduct Authority v Capital Alternatives Ltd and Others: CA 25 Mar 2015

The court was asked four different schemes constituted ‘collective investment schemes’ within the meaning of section 235 of the 2000 Act, two schemes in particular, one relating to exploitation of a rice farm in Sierra Leone, the other to tradable carbon credits in respect of forest areas in Australia, Sierra Leone and the Amazon.

Sir Terence Etherton Ch, Christopher Clarke, Vos LJJ
[2015] EWCA Civ 284, [2015] 2 BCLC 502, [2015] WLR(D) 140, [2016] 1 All ER 321, [2015] Bus LR 767, [2016] 1 All ER (Comm) 384
Bailii, WLRD
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 235
England and Wales
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CitedAsset Land Investment Plc and Another v The Financial Conduct Authority SC 20-Apr-2016
Proceedings were brought against the appellant’s associated parties, alleging that they had carred on regulated activities without authorisation, contrary to section 19 of the2000 Act. They had offered various plots of land for sale, suggesting they . .

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Updated: 29 December 2021; Ref: scu.544736