Category: Litigation

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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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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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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Peril of leaving (ineffective) service of litigation claim form to the last minute

Summary of the Court of Appeal judgment in case of Woodward & anor. v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited in which Lexlaw represented the Appellants in place of their former solicitors, Collyer Bristow.

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GRG Complaints Process Outcomes: What next?

In October 2018, the complaints process closed to individuals with claims against the Royal Bank of Scotland’s notorious Global Restructuring Group. Individuals and SMEs are now starting to receive updates on their complaints with some receiving outcome letters. Your complaint to GRG The complaints process is a…

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Potential claims against HM Treasury: Government department allegedly controlled RBS GRG’s mis-treatment of SMEs

Documents disclosed by RBS’s Global Restructuring Group (GRG) in the High Court case of Morley v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc have reportedly revealed that the Treasury…

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High Court bars extradition to US: is there a judicial shift towards greater protection for UK citizens?

In the case of Scott v Government of the United States of America [2019] 1 W.L.R. 774, the High Court (Lord Burnett LCJ, Males J) exhibited an evolving…

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APPG on Fair Business Banking: Improve SMEs access to justice and establish a Financial Services Tribunal

The APPG on Fair Business Banking launched their highly anticipated dispute resolution report on 11 July 2018. The report, authored by Kevin Hollinrake MP and undertaken by the Centre…

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LEXLAW Submits Evidence to the Treasury Committee’s SME Finance Inquiry

We have today submitted evidence on the ineffectiveness of existing arrangements for dispute arbitration and settlement between SMEs and banks to the Treasury Committee‘s SME Finance Inquiry.  Re:…