UT (Tax & Chancery) UT-2022-000134 UT-2022-000135 UT-2022-000137 - [2025] UKUT 00214 (TCC)
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber

UT (Tax & Chancery) UT-2022-000134 UT-2022-000135 UT-2022-000137 - [2025] UKUT 00214 (TCC)

Fecha: 31-Ene-2025

Step 3: Mitigating and aggravating factors

Step 3: Mitigating and aggravating factors

858.

The Authority may increase or decrease the amount of the financial penalty arrived at after Step 2, but not including any amount to be disgorged as set out in Step 1, to take into account factors which aggravate or mitigate the market abuse. Any such adjustments will be made by way of a percentage adjustment to the figure determined at Step 2.

859.

The following list of factors may have the effect of aggravating or mitigating the market abuse:

(1)

the conduct of the individual in bringing (or failing to bring) quickly, effectively and completely the market abuse to the Authority’s attention (or the attention of other regulatory authorities, where relevant);

(2)

the degree of cooperation the individual showed during the investigation of the market abuse by the Authority, or any other regulatory authority allowed to share information with the Authority;

(3)

whether the individual assists the Authority in action taken against other individuals for market abuse and/or in criminal proceedings;

(4)

whether the individual has arranged his resources in such a way as to allow or avoid disgorgement and/or payment of a financial penalty;

(5)

whether the individual had previously been told about the Authority’s concerns in relation to the issue, either by means of a private warning or in supervisory correspondence;

(6)

the previous disciplinary record and general compliance history of the individual;

(7)

action taken against the individual by other domestic or international regulatory authorities that is relevant to the market abuse in question;

(8)

whether Authority guidance or other published materials had already raised relevant concerns, and the nature and accessibility of such materials; and

(9)

whether the individual agreed to undertake training subsequent to the market abuse.