Archive for the 'Financial Litigation' Category

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Philipp v Barclays Bank – Supreme Court Judgement

Posted on December 24th, 2023 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Fraud, Uncategorized

The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC and provided clarity on the scope of the Quincecare duty owed by banks to their.. read more

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Collusion and cover-up in high-places

Posted on July 27th, 2023 · Posted in Criminal Cases, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

Examining the duties of employers in criminal cases In the wake of the financial crash of 2008, Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England used his 2015 Mansion.. read more

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Axa France IARD SA v Santander Cards UK Ltd

Posted on October 21st, 2022 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

The history of this case goes back some way. In 2015, Axa, the French insurance giant, purchased two subsidiary companies from Genworth Financial. Both of these subsidiary companies underwrote Personal.. read more

Tecnimont Arabia v National Westminster Bank

Posted on September 15th, 2022 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

In this case a victim of authorised push payment (“APP”) fraud attempted to impose liability on the recipient bank, relying on the law of unjust enrichment. HHJ Bird of the.. read more

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Philipp v Barclays Bank

Posted on July 12th, 2022 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

This ruling may be a crucial step in expanding a bank’s duties towards its customers. In upholding the Claimant’s appeal against the previous summary judgment, the Court of Appeal declared.. read more

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Manchester Building Soc v Grant Thornton

Posted on December 19th, 2021 · Posted in Financial Litigation, Lending

Manchester Building Society wins case against Grant Thornton concerning the advice given over the use of derivatives. The claim for negligence concerned ….…

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“Fault lines” exposed in Criminal Justice

Posted on November 26th, 2021 · Posted in Criminal Cases, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Fraud

The prosecutions of sub-postmasters by the Post Office has, in the authors opinion, led to expose weakness in the criminal prosecution procedure.…

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FCA v Avacade Ltd and others

Posted on October 18th, 2021 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Investment

Avacade was an unregulated company offering advice on the transfer of final salary pensions into SIPPs. This was found to require supervision by FCA.…

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COVID Loans, trouble in store?

Posted on September 16th, 2021 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Lending

Covid loans have been taken our by a wide range of businesses but it may appear that some may have been on the basis of false information.…

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The Regulation of Financial Institutions

Posted on August 10th, 2021 · Posted in Adjudication, Arbitration, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

Financial Regulation has changed dramatically over the last century. Dr Walford and Ausaf Abbas here give a lecture to understand the principles and features of modern regulation. This deals with the development of the regulatory environment in the US and UK and how different types of financial institutions are now regulated.…

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