Whirlpool Sentencing Appeal: Definitive Guideline
January 5, 2018In 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, 2018The 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, 2017Julian 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, 2017Gough 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, 2017The 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, 2017Trading 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, 2017On 23rd November 2017, Gough Square Chambers hosted an autumn seminar at Westminster University to provide delegates with an update on consumer law. Fred...
Peanut Fatality: Sentencing Appeal Dismissed
November 10, 2017The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in R v Mohammed Khalique Zaman [2017] EWCA Crim 1783. A waiter had erroneously informed a customer with...
VAT on Hire-Purchase Agreements with Balloons
November 8, 2017Under a hire agreement, which constitutes the supply of 'services', VAT is payable on each monthly instalment, whereas under an ordinary hire-purchase agreement, which constitutes...
FOS Decision Not Arbitration Award
November 8, 2017In Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration LLP v Charlton [2017] EWHC 2396 (Comm), a pension administrator ("Berkeley") wished to determine whether the correct procedural route to challenge a...
Authorised Push Payment Scams Consultation
November 8, 2017The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP17/2) on authorised push payment ("APP") scams, where people are tricked into authorising the transfer of funds...
Appointed Representative Standards
November 6, 2017Further to an alert issued in 2016, on the 3rd November 2017 the FCA issued an alert for firms with appointed representatives and introducer...