Category: Banking Law

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BBRS expects complaints over COVID-19 UK Business Loans

The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is the latest independent organisation set up to offer alternative redress for businesses that have been victim to banking misconduct.

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APPG complaint to SRA against Lloyds’ legal advisers Herbert Smith Freehills in HBOS review scheme

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (“APPG”) have submitted a lengthy complaint to the SRA against Herbert Smith Freehills, legal advisers to Lloyds Banking Group during the lender’s compensation review scheme in relation to fraud at HBOS. The scheme is due to reopen following Sir Ross Cranston’s report that Lloyds’ original customer review had ‘serious shortcomings’.

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Property developer loses £multi-million RBS claim: Lessons for future claimants

Judge Timothy Kerr handed down judgment yesterday in the case of Oliver Dean Morley (trading as Morley Estates) v. The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (case number HC-2017-002318).…

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Business Banking Resolution Service Pilot Launches for SMEs: Is your business eligible to apply for redress?

The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is the latest independent organisation set up to offer alternative redress for businesses that have been victim to banking misconduct. On 1…

UK Supreme Court finds Daiwa Capital Markets in breach of its Duty and upholds $153 million Negligence Claim

The UK Supreme Court, in the much anticipated judgment in Singularis Holdings Ltd (the “Respondent”) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd (the “Appellant”) [2019] UKSC 50, have unanimously…

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LEXLAW Raises Concerns with the FCA on its Implementation and Oversight of the IRHP Review & Redress Scheme

In June 2019, the FCA appointed Mr John Swift QC as an independent reviewer for the lessons learned review commissioned by the FCA’s board. The review of the…

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Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS): complainants expected to include SMEs mis-sold EFGs by RBS & loans by Clydesdale

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that business owners who were mis-sold tax-payer backed Enterprise Finance Guarantees (EFGs) by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) may be…

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Limitation in Litigation: Know your Limits

Pursuing a claim on time is critical in any legal matter because the Limitation Act 1980 sets strict deadlines on how long you have to take legal action. If you delay then your claim may be time-barred, so you lose your right to bring a claim before a judge. Even if you have a strong case with clear evidence, it may be impossible to succeed in court.

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Steps taken towards a Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) for SMEs but will it work?

In October 2018, the UK Finance-commissioned Walker Review of the redress landscape for SMEs was published. Amongst the recommendations for the settlement of both past and future disputes…

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FCA’s final report on GRG: Financial watchdog fails (again) to take enforcement action against RBS’s misconduct

The Financial Conduct Authority has today published its’ final report into the misconduct of the Royal Bank of Scotland‘s GRG unit. The report purports to explain the FCA’s…