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...
Advocate General’s Opinion on loans in a foreign currency
May 2, 2017On 27 April 2017, Advocate General Wahl delivered his opinion in the case of Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc and Others v Banca Românească SA (C-186/16)....
FCA publishes final guidance on mortgage payment shortfalls and automatic capitalisation
April 28, 2017The FCA has published its finalised guidance "the fair treatment of mortgage customers in payment shortfalls: impact of automatic capitalisations" (FG17/4). The finalised guidance...
36 Group Tenants Join Gough Square
April 25, 2017Gough Square Chambers is delighted to announce the arrival of four new tenants and two door tenants from the 36 Group's consumer law team....
April’s PLC Column: Loans secured on land
April 25, 2017In April’s Practical Law regulated lending column, Thomas Samuels considers whether loans secured by way of charge on land will fall within either the FCA’s...
Brexit Conference
April 21, 2017On 20 April 2017, Gough Square Chambers held a conference on the potential impact of Brexit on consumer law. The conference was chaired by...
The NAO issues report on vulnerable customers
April 13, 2017The National Audit Office has issued a report on vulnerable customers within the regulated sectors of water, energy, telecommunications and financial services. The key...