May’s PLC Column: Enforcement Following Death of Borrower
June 3, 2019In the May's Practical Law Regulated Lending Column, Thomas Samuels considers the issues that may arise following the death of the borrower, or hirer,...
100th Edition of Trading Law Bulletin
May 31, 2019The latest edition of Gough Square's Trading Law Bulletin is the hundredth edition. Our Trading Law Bulletin is a free quarterly digest of relevant...
Broker Secret Commission Case
May 20, 2019The High Court has refused the borrower permission to appeal in Scott v Commercial First Business Ltd (unrep, Southend county court, Recorder Marsden, 28th...
Defrauders of Merchant Service Providers Sentenced to Prison
May 17, 2019On 9 May 2019, His Honour Judge Bayliss QC sentenced two defendants, Saleem Arif and Kewal Banga, to 4 years 6 months and 2...
Dinner for Claire Andrews
May 7, 2019On 3 May 2019, Gough Square Chambers hosted a dinner at the Reform Club to celebrate Claire Andrews' 13 years as Head of Chambers....
Merricks v Mastercard Inc
April 17, 2019Yesterday the Court Appeal handed down the latest judgment in an ongoing claim that seeks up to £14bn in damages and interest for UK...
‘Pontearso’ Decision on Bridging Loan Interest Rate
April 11, 2019Nugee J has handed down judgment in Greenlands Trading Ltd v Pontearso [2019] EWHC 278 (Ch), on appeal from the decision of HHJ Wulwik...
Prison sentence for door-to-door fish salesman
April 11, 2019Having been convicted of the consumer protection offence of contravening professional diligence, Peter Carroll, a door-to-door fish salesman, was sentenced on 5 April 2019...
April’s PLC Column: Attacks on Level of Interest Rates
April 9, 2019In April’s Practical Law lending column Ruth Bala considers the use of the ‘unfair relationship’ provisions to attack the level of interest rates and...
‘Mis-Selling Financial Services’ Published
April 5, 2019Chambers is delighted to announce the Publication of 'Mis-Selling Financial Services' by Jonathan Kirk QC, Thomas Samuels and Lee Finch (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019)....
Cameron Crowe appointed to List A of regulatory advocates
April 1, 2019Chambers is delighted to announce that Cameron Crowe has been appointed to List A of the Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental...
Final Report on retained provisions of the CCA
March 27, 2019On 25 March 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its Final Report following its review of the retained provisions of the Consumer Credit...