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...
Chambers and Partners 2018 ranks Gough Square as leading consumer law set
November 2, 2017Chambers and Partners has again ranked Gough Square Chambers as the only Band 1 set for Consumer Law. Chambers and Partners 2018 said: Gough Square Chambers is "frequently...
Supreme Court partially overrules the 35 year old ‘Ghosh’ test
October 31, 2017In the seminal case of R v Ghosh [1982] Q.B. 1053, the Court of Appeal held that the test for dishonesty under the Theft Act 1968...
CMA investigates online dating sector
October 31, 2017The CMA has today announced its investigation into the practices of an online dating company. The CMA’s main concerns relate to (a) how online...
CMA launches investigation into online hotel booking
October 27, 2017The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an investigation into hotel booking sites. The CMA is concerned that certain practices breach consumer law...
Suspended sentence for trader who sold “loaded Kodi boxes”
October 22, 2017Brian Thompson of Middlesbrough has been given an 18 month suspended sentence for selling "loaded Kodi boxes". Having previously claimed the law was unclear and pleaded...
FCA review into debt management sector
October 20, 2017In accordance with its 2017/2018 business plan the Financial Conduct Authority has announced a thematic review of the debt management sector. The review will...
Jeremy Barnett to give evidence to House of Lords Select Committee
October 16, 2017Following his sessions moderating at the Barcelona Blockchain Forum and at the LSE Systemic Risk Centre, Jeremy Barnett of Gough Square Chambers has been...