‘Medsted Associates’: CA Judgment on Secret Commission
March 11, 2019The Court of Appeal handed down its latest judgment on broker secret commissions in Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd [2019] EWCA...
Call for evidence on the Consumer Contracts Regulations
March 8, 2019On 7 March 2019, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy launched a call for evidence on its review of the Consumer Contracts...
FCA publishes final rules on Rent-To-Own price cap
March 5, 2019On 5 March 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its final rules on a price cap for the rent-to-own ("RTO") market (PS19/6). The...
Member States approve new EU Directive Modernising Consumer Rights
March 2, 2019On 1 March 2019, the Member States' ambassadors meeting in the Council's Permanent Representatives Committee agreed with the Council's position on a draft directive...
Two convicted of fake nutrition courses
February 26, 2019Norfolk County Council Trading Standards has successfully prosecuted Katie Hope and Scott Wolfe for fraudulent trading, forgery and money laundering. The Defendants, through their...
February’s PLC Column: Default Notices and ‘Doyle’
February 21, 2019In February’s Practical Law lending column Thomas Samuels considers the status of default notices in light of the recent judgment in Doyle v PRA...
January’s PLC Column: Claims Management Regulation
February 4, 2019In January’s Practical Law regulated lending column, Lee Finch considers the impact of the FCA taking over responsibility for the regulation of claims management companies,...
‘Doyle v PRA’: Limitation and Debt Claims
January 25, 2019The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Doyle v PRA Group (UK) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 12. The case addresses the recurring question of...
Pension Cold Call Ban
January 9, 2019The Information Commissioner’s Office has announced a prohibition on all cold-calls in relation to personal pension schemes, to come into force from Thursday 10...
New Heads of Chambers
January 9, 2019Gough Square is delighted to announce that its new Heads of Chambers are Kevin de Haan, QC and Jonathan Goulding. Chambers expresses its thanks...
November’s PLC column: judgments on unenforceable agreements
December 18, 2018In November’s Practical Law regulated lending column, James Ross considers the status of judgments obtained in relation to unenforceable consumer credit agreements. Read the column...
High Court holds that a purchase by a TSO falls within CPUT
December 13, 2018On 9th November 2018, the High Court handed down Judgment in Warwickshire County Council v Halfords Autocentres Limited [2018] EWHC 3007 (Admin), allowing the...