Tag: KPMG

The Sunday Times: Barclays sued for £4m by GPs for derivatives mis-selling

Kiki Loizou, Small Business Editor of The Sunday Times, reports on one of our derivatives litigation cases where Barclays Bank plc mis-sold a highly toxic derivative (a 27-year…

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LEXLAW Case Study: RBS pay £1m to settle derivatives mis-selling claim with social care provider

RBS has agreed to a £1 million settlement with a businesswoman who accused the bank of mis-selling complex derivatives. The case highlights banks selling unsuitable financial products to businesses. RBS initially denied wrongdoing but eventually agreed to the settlement, which includes repayment of derivative payments, break costs, and suspended payments. The businesswoman’s business was negatively impacted by the mis-sold derivatives, and the case exposes flaws in the Financial Conduct Authority’s IRHP review scheme.

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Legal duty to conduct the FCA IRHP Review Fairly – Suremime v Barclays Bank

The High Court has decided that it is arguable that major banks owe duties of care to their SME customers to conduct the FCA Interest Rate Hedging Product…

Judicial review of FCA IRHP swaps mis-selling review scheme permitted

Holmcroft Properties Limited v KPMG (Daily Telegraph, April 25, 2015, Business 33). Holmcroft wins permission to bring a judicial review against KPMG’s conclusion that the redress offered in the redress…

FCA IRHP Review – KPMG whistleblower: RBS fought to reduce size of interest rate swap redress

The Times’ City Editor, Harry Wilson, one of the journalists that three years ago broke the news of interest rate derivatives mis-selling by the major banks, reports today…