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...
‘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...