Recommendations for Fixed Recoverable Costs

August 3, 2017

Lord Justice Jackson has published his supplemental report on fixed recoverable costs ("FRC"), as part of his review of civil litigation costs. In his...

FCA publishes proposals on creditworthiness and affordability

August 1, 2017

The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published proposals on amending its rules to further clarify its expectations in respect of creditworthiness and affordability (CP17/27)....

FCA publishes outcome of high-cost credit review

July 31, 2017

On 31 July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its response to the call for input it had issued in relation to its...

CJEU: Unfair Commercial Practices Directive applies to debt collection

July 27, 2017

In the CJEU's recent judgment of UAB 'Gelvora' v Valstybinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnyba (C-357/16), it held that the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive ("the UCPD")...

AG opinion in Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner

July 25, 2017

AG Kokott handed down an opinion in Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner on 20 July. Mr Nowak was a trainee accountant in Ireland. He...

Kupeli v Cyprus Turkish Airlines: excursions from business premises

July 22, 2017

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Kupeli v Cyprus Turkish Airlines [2017] EWCA Civ 1037 dismissing the Defendant airline's appeal against...

New Payment Services Regulations laid before Parliament

July 20, 2017

The second European Payment Services Directive ("PSDII") came into force on 13 January 2016 and the UK is required to comply with the majority...

July’s PLC Column: Consumer Credit Staff Incentives

July 19, 2017

In July’s Practical Law regulated lending column, James Ross considers the FCA’s recent consultation paper (CP17/20), which sets out proposals for how consumer credit firms should...

Kevin de Haan QC joins Gough Square

July 18, 2017

Gough Square Chambers is delighted to announce the arrival Kevin de Haan QC formerly of Francis Taylor Buildings. Kevin is a regulatory specialist in...

CTSI Conference 2017

July 11, 2017

At the beginning of July Gough Square Chambers attended the annual Chartered Trading Standards Institute (“CTSI”) Conference, which was held in Harrogate. Presentation slides...

FCA publishes proposals on staff incentives

July 6, 2017

Following a review of the performance management policies and practices for sales and collections staff at 98 consumer credit firms, the Financial Conduct Authority...

Prudential Regulation Authority publishes statement on Consumer Credit

July 4, 2017

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement summarising the findings of its recent review of the consumer credit industry and is going...