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Legal Comment on Green & Rowley v RBS [2012] EWHC 3661 (Swaps Mis-selling Judgment)

The judgment in Green & Rowley v RBS is certainly not helpful to claimants in swap mis-selling cases, but on careful analysis, it is less bad than it…

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Green & Rowley v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2012] EWHC 3661 (QB)

UPDATE: LEGAL COMMENT  Case No: 2MA40004 Neutral Citation Number: [2012] EWHC 3661 (QB)  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE MANCHESTER DISTRICT REGISTRY MERCANTILE COURT Date: 21 December 2012  B…

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Media Appearance: LEXLAW’s M Ali Akram on Comet Administration (Sky News)

LEXLAW’s M Ali Akram, who practises insolvency law at the firm, was interviewed by Joel Hills live on Sky News Business and also featured in a report by Sky News’…

Comet Administration highlights ‘Inequity of Legal Arms’

LEXLAW Senior Partner, M Ali Akram, was interviewed by Joel Hills live on Sky News Business providing insolvency law commentary around the collapse of Comet Group Limited. Joint…

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Property Fraud: Breach of trust claims against solicitors

There have been a spate of recent cases where conveyancing solicitors acting for lenders may have been honest but these solicitors’ actions resulted in loss of monies through…

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BBA Announcement on Major Banks’ Swaps Payment Suspension Policy

The British Bankers’ Association (the “BBA”), a trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector, has announced a policy for ‘Major Banks’ which suggests such banks will consider…

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Probate disputes where there is a contest over wills

It is not uncommon for a person to make more than one will in their lifetime. Unsurprisingly, disputes often arise where a person has made more than one…

Graiseley Properties Ltd (Guardian Care Homes) v Barclays Bank PLC – LIBOR Manipulation Test Case

Application to amend particulars of claim – amendment to plead implied representations (alternatively implied terms) which induced claimants to enter into swap agreements – implied representations allegedly false…