Consultation on redress in the housing market

February 19, 2018

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has launched a consultation on "strengthening consumer redress in the housing market". The consultation will gather evidence and...

Court of Appeal case on Limitation

February 16, 2018

In Richards v McKeown and Another  [2017] EWCA Civ 2374 the Claimant appealed against the County Court's summary dismissal of her claim on the grounds...

Illegal money lender sentenced to 3.5 years imprisonment

February 9, 2018

On 9 February 2018, Dharam Prakash Gopee was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment after being found guilty of offences under the...

Lloyds Bans Cryptocurrency Card Purchases

February 5, 2018

It has been announced this morning that Lloyds Banking Group is to prohibit its customers from purchasing cryptocurrency by credit card. Cryptocurrencies are a...

Holyoake v Candy: No Unfair Relationship

January 23, 2018

In Holyoake v Candy [2017] EWHC 3397 (Ch) the Chancery Division dismissed a claim by a property developer ("Mr Holyoake") against the defendants, who included the...

Whirlpool Sentencing Appeal: Definitive Guideline

January 5, 2018

In Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd v R [2017] EWCA Crim 2186 the Court of Appeal reduced a sentence on appeal and gave detailed consideration to the...

MiFID II In Force

January 3, 2018

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (2014/65/EU) ("MiFID") and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (600/2014/EU) ("MiFIR"), together known as "MiFID II", come into force...

Professional Negligence Limitation Period

December 12, 2017

Julian Gun Cuninghame won an appeal in the Court of Appeal today in Richards v McKeown and McKeowns Solicitors Ltd. The case concerned the limitation period...

Pupillage applications now open

November 29, 2017

Gough Square Chambers is now accepting applications for pupillage commencing in October 2019. Prospective candidates should visit Chambers' recruitment page here: Recruitment The closing...

Law Commission report: Goods Mortgages Bill

November 28, 2017

The Law Commission has published its report on the proposed Goods Mortgages Bill, together with a final version of the draft Bill. If enacted...

Chambers’ Training: Trading Standards and Landlords

November 27, 2017

Trading Standards During November, chambers has provided training at a number of Trading Standards events. Bryan Lewin and Cameron Crowe spoke at the North...

Consumer Law Update Conference

November 26, 2017

On 23rd November 2017, Gough Square Chambers hosted an autumn seminar at Westminster University to provide delegates with an update on consumer law. Fred...