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...
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...