Kevin de Haan QC joins Gough Square
July 18, 2017Gough 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, 2017At 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, 2017Following 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, 2017The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement summarising the findings of its recent review of the consumer credit industry and is going...
CJEU bans non animal milk based dairy descriptions
June 21, 2017In C-422/16 BSV v TofuTown.com GMBH the CJEU interpreted the requirement in Regulation 1308/2013 that for a product to trade with a description associated with...
CMA publishes initial findings in care home market study
June 15, 2017Following its market study which launched in December 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has published its initial findings into the care home...
June’s PLC Column: Identifying the “Consumer” in Consumer Credit
June 12, 2017In June’s Practical Law regulated lending column, Ruth Bala considers the relevance of the traditional concept of a “consumer” to consumer credit. She also...
CA decision on Mechanically Separated Meat
May 30, 2017The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has handed down judgment in R (on the application of Newby Foods Ltd) v Food Standards Agency [2017] EWCA...
R v AB: CA case on Local Authorities’ Power to bring Prosecutions
May 30, 2017The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in R v AB and others [2017] EWCA Crim 534 ( attached). This case concerns local...
Payday Lending Regulation
May 26, 2017As of 26 May 2017, online payday lenders must have the details of their payday loans published on an FCA-authorised payday loan price comparison...
High Court Case on Privilege
May 18, 2017In Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Limited [2014] EWHC 1017 (QB) the Serious Fraud Office applied for a...
‘Ashfaq’: CA decision on ‘Consumer’
May 17, 2017The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Ashfaq v International Insurance Company of Hannover plc [2017] EWCA Civ 357. Mr Ashfaq owned a residential...