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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 for Policy Studies, sets out the position of the APPG on […]
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has recently announced that it will expand its redress scheme to include appeals with independent third- party oversight for consequential losses incurred by businesses in its Global Restructuring Group (GRG) turnaround division. RBS’s Chief […]
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The door has been opened by the Court of Appeal in PAG v RBS [2018] for misrepresentation claims to be brought by a counter-party to a derivative which is linked to LIBOR, FX or key benchmark where the Swap is […]
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The Treasury Select Committee has published a Letter from the Chief Executive of the FCA relating to the powers and perimeter of the FCA, dated 30 January. The letter provides a useful outline on the FCA’s regulatory ambit, especially in relation to RBS GRG, embedded […]
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On 18 January 2018, a Parliamentary backbench motion on RBS’s Global Restructuring Group’s (GRG) systemic failure to protect SMEs has received unanimous Ministerial support in condemning the bank’s parasitic relationship and systematic asset stripping of the British business sector. The debate […]
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In Abdullah and others v Credit Suisse (UK) Limited and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited [2017] EWHC 3016 (Comm), the High Court has given judgment in favour of private person claimants in their mis-selling action for damages against a major bank. […]
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In a letter to Treasury Select Committee chair Nicky Morgan MP, Ross McEwan, Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, speaking about the GRG report, acknowledges that the bank could have “done better” in managing SME customers in financial […]
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The Lawyer reports: Not-for-profit organisation Wenta has gained ground in its case against DLA Piper clients NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland for which it is now seeking damages of over £500,000. The charity has won the right to see documents […]
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Our team of bank litigators can assist on litigation claims or high value Financial Ombudsman Service complaints against Metro Bank Plc. We have brought very high value claims against every major bank in the UK and are currently acting against Metro […]
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Property Alliance Group Ltd (“PAG”) has recently filed leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against a decision of Mrs Justice Asplin in the High Court in December 2016. The underlying litigation, the outcome of which is being appealed, […]
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