‘R (Hudson) v Liverpool CC’: restructure of consumer protection services
October 6, 2016A hearing in the matter of R (on the application of Stephanie Hudson) v Liverpool City Council was listed on 26th September 2016 before...
EBA publishes final report and guidelines on remuneration in retail banking
September 29, 2016On 28 September 2016, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") published its Final Report and Guidelines on "remuneration policies and practices related to the sale...
‘O’Hare v Coutts’: Investment Mis-selling
September 26, 2016On 9th September the High Court handed down judgment in O’Hare & O’Hare v Coutts & Co [2016] EWHC 2224 (QB). The claim related primarily to...
‘Newmafruit’: Carrying on By Way of Business
September 26, 2016On 9th September, the High Court handed down judgment in Newmafruit Farms Ltd v Pither [2016] EWHC 2205 (QB). The lender, a family-owned fruit farming...
Multi-billion pound claim issued against MasterCard
September 12, 2016A claim seeking up to £19bn in damages for UK consumers has been issued against MasterCard using the collective proceedings regime introduced by the...
Supreme Court judgment in ‘Patel v Mirza’: illegality and restitution
August 20, 2016The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42. The lead judgment was by Lord Toulson JSC. Full judgment text available...
Mortgage Express v Countrywide judgment
August 1, 2016At the end of July, the High Court handed down judgment in Mortgage Express v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd [2016] EWHC 1830 (Ch). The Court had previously...
Judgment in ‘Travis v Welcome’
July 21, 2016Recorder Elleray QC has handed down a reserved judgment in the Manchester county court in the case of Travis v Welcome Financial Services Ltd. The...
New Regulation on Food for Specific Groups begins to apply today
July 20, 2016The new Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council begins to apply today (although sell-through is permitted). It sets general...
High Court judgment in ‘John-Phillips v Moneylink’
July 19, 2016The High Court yesterday handed down judgment in John-Phillips v Moneylink Finance Ltd (unrep, ChDiv, 18th July 2016). Moneylink had entered a credit agreement while unlicensed...
Judgment handed down by the Supreme Court in Edwards v Kumarasamy
July 13, 2016Julian Gun Cuninghame and Daniel Brayley of Gough Square Chambers, led by Philip Rainey QC, successfully represented the Appellant, Mr Kumarasamy, in a decision...
Thomas Samuels to edit the Encyclopaedia of Banking Law
July 8, 2016Chambers is pleased to announce that Thomas Samuels has become an editor of the Regulation of Banking section of the Encyclopaedia of Banking Law...