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...
Practice note on loans to family members, friends and trusts
July 6, 2016Thomas Samuels has produced a new practice note for Practical Law which considers loans to family members, friends and trusts and whether these fall...
CTSI Conference 2016
June 29, 2016Last week Gough Square Chambers attended the annual Chartered Trading Standards Institute ("CTSI") Conference, which was held in Telford. Presentation slides available here: A High...
CA hands down decision in ‘PAG 118 v West Bromwich’
June 9, 2016The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in Alexander (as representative of Property 118 Action Group) v West Bromwich Mortgage Company Ltd [2016]...
FCA publishes rules on price comparisons of high cost short-term credit
May 31, 2016The FCA has published policy statement PS16/15, which includes final rules for price comparison websites comparing high cost short term credit products. the new...
CA decision ‘Nelmes v NRAM’ on secret broker commission
May 27, 2016The Court of Appeal handed down judgment yesterday in 'Nelmes v NRAM plc'. The Court found that there was an 'unfair relationship' arising from...
New UCPD Guidance
May 26, 2016The European Commission has issued new guidance on the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. The guidance replaces the Commission's guidance of 3 December 2009. The...