Abuse of Process Case
June 6, 2018Senior Master Fontaine has handed down judgment on an application to strike out an action brought by a dentist against the NHS under the...
FCA publishes outcome of high-cost credit review
May 31, 2018On 31 May 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published two consultation papers following its review of the high-cost credit market. In CP18/12 the...
FCA Consultation on Unfair Terms
May 19, 2018On 17 May 2018, the FCA launched a consultation on proposed guidance on variation terms under unfair terms legislation (GC18/2). The consultation follows the...
Goods Mortgages Bill abandoned
May 15, 2018On 14 May 2018, HM Treasury published its response to the Law Commission's proposed Goods Mortgages Bill. In light of the small and reducing...
‘Carney v Rothschild’ Unfair Relationships Case
May 11, 2018HHJ Waksman QC, sitting as a Judge of the High Court, has handed down a detailed judgment in Carney v N M Rothschild & Sons...
Alternative Health Practitioner Prosecution
May 11, 2018An alternative health practitioner who purported to be able to diagnose and treat disease using a method he called “live blood analysis” has been...
‘Wingate & Evans’ and Lack of Integrity at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
April 10, 2018In a recent article, Jeremy Barnett considers the recent case of Wingate & Evans v SRA [2018] EWCA Civ 366 and the definition of...
Court of Appeal decision on consent orders and regulated activites
March 29, 2018On the 28 March 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Fortwell Finance v Halstead, in which Simon Popplewell of...
Further Decision in ‘Barons Finance’ Litigation
March 14, 2018The High Court has handed down judgment in Lukan v Ghana Commercial Finance Ltd (in liquidation) [2018] EWHC 418 (QB). Julian Gun Cuninghame represented...
Court of Appeal ruling in Property Alliance Group v RBS
March 4, 2018On 2 March 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Property Alliance Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland...
New Credit Card Rules introduced by the FCA
March 1, 2018The FCA's new rules on persistent credit card debt come into force today (1 March 2018). Firms have until 1 September 2018 to comply....
CRA Guidance for Secondary Ticketing Businesses
February 27, 2018The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published new a new guidance document for businesses involved in the secondary ticketing market. The...