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...
Sentencing in counterfeit DVD operation
May 17, 2017Yesterday three men were sentenced to a total of 10 years 7 months in custody for running an operation selling counterfeit DVDs. Alison Lambert...
High Court case on agreement documentation and default notices
May 15, 2017In Blackshaw v MFS Portfolio Ltd [2016] EWHC 3708 (Ch) the High Court considered whether permission to appeal should be allowed against a refusal to annul...
High Court case on the “intermediate duty”
May 11, 2017In Thomas v Triodos Bank NV [2017] EWHC 314 (QB) the High Court has again considered the extent of a bank's duty to its customers....
James Clibbon
May 3, 2017Chambers expresses its deepest sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of James Clibbon who died unexpectedly on 24 April. James was a much...