Gough Square recognised as the leading consumer law set
November 1, 2018Both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 have ranked Gough Square Chambers as the only Band 1 set for Consumer Law. The Legal 500 said Gough...
Administrative Court rules that SIPP operator owed extensive duty of due dilligence
November 1, 2018The Administrative Court handed down judgment in R (Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration Ltd) v Financial Ombudsman Service on 30 October 2018, dismissing the judicial...
October’s PLC Column: FOS Expansion
October 26, 2018In October’s Practical Law regulated lending column, Thomas Samuels considers whether the proposed expansion of the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service warrants an...
FOS jurisdiction to expand
October 18, 2018On 16 October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") confirmed that, from 1 April 2019, the Financial Ombudsman Service's ("FOS") jurisdiction will expand to...
Sabrina Goodchild Joins as Tenant
October 9, 2018Gough Square is delighted to welcome Sabrina Goodchild as its new tenant. Sabrina read PPE at Oxford and represented England at the international mooting...
September’s PLC Column: Validation Orders post-‘Chickombe’
September 21, 2018In September’s Practical Law regulated lending column, Ruth Bala considers applications for FCA validation orders following Plaxedes Chickombe & ors v FCA and Clydesdale...
FCA’s Consumer Credit Review
August 5, 2018On 2 August 2018, the FCA published its Interim Report in its Consumer Credit Review (Discussion Paper DP18/7). The FCA took over regulation of consumer...
Consumer Credit Brexit Regulations published: No More SECCI
August 1, 2018On 17 July HM Treasury published the Consumer Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. These draft Regulations will come into force on the date...
July’s PLC Column: Contracting Out of the CCA
July 30, 2018In July’s Practical Law lending column, James Ross discusses parties’ ability to contract out of the CCA in light of Carney v N M...
‘Playboy Club’: No Tortious Duty to Undisclosed Principal
July 27, 2018Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Banca Nazionale del Lavoro v Playboy Club London ([2018] UKSC 43). The claim related to...
The Breaching Limits on Ticket Sales Regs 2018
July 20, 2018Alison Lambert considers the scope and implications of the new Breaching Limits on Ticket Sales Regulations 2018 in an article which may be viewed...
Goodlife Foods UCTA Case
June 27, 2018The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Goodlife Foods Limited v Hall Fire Protection Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1371, with Coulson LJ...