Archive for the 'Investment' Category

Banks in Canary Wharf, London

Phillip Evans v Barclays Bank

Posted on February 2nd, 2026 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Investment, Uncategorized

This case is a landmark decision regarding the UK’s collective proceedings regime. It also confirmed the importance of the discretionary powers afforded to the UK’s specialist competition tribunal in exercising.. read more

Denmark Mermaid on Rock

SKAT v Solo

Posted on November 25th, 2025 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Fraud, Investment

Summary This case represents the long-awaited verdict in a legal battle which has run for almost a decade and is one of the highest value civil cases ever heard in.. read more

Macdonald Hotels Ltd & Anor v Bank of Scotland plc

Posted on September 25th, 2025 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Investment, Lending, Property

Introduction This case is an example of borrowers seeking to imply duties of good faith and rationality into banking contracts, one of a number of recent cases which have considered.. read more

Offshore Oil Rig near Nigeria

Skykomish Ltd v Gerald Eve LLP

Posted on July 1st, 2025 · Posted in Expert Witness, Investment, Lending, Property

Overview A case which shows that negligence alone will not be enough to establish liability, as well as demonstrating how bad timing can be extremely costly for investors. Background The.. read more

Woman Signing Contract

Van Zuylen v Whiston-Dew & Anor

Posted on January 25th, 2022 · Posted in Expert Witness, Fraud, Investment, Lending

This case highlights the level of protection afforded by the law in financial transactions, even when the victim, Van Zuylen, may seem unduly naive and trusting. The Defendant, Whiston-Drew, is.. read more

Tree canopy with Sun

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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BDW Trading v Integral Geotechnique (Wales) Ltd

Posted on December 16th, 2020 · Posted in Expert Witness, Investment, Lending, Property

This case illustrates the pitfalls of relying on a surveyors report when there is no contractual relationship between the parties and no duty of care can be found. Bridgend County.. read more

David Rocker v Full Circle Asset Management

Posted on December 22nd, 2017 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Investment, Structured Products

David Rocker, now aged 72 and retired, had had a long and successful business and legal career holding senior and board level positions in several well-known companies. Previous to his.. read more

Banque Cantonale de Genève v Sanomi

Posted on July 16th, 2017 · Posted in Financial Litigation, Investment

When a promissory note is not executed as a deed, can the claimant bank rely on forbearance as adequate consideration? In a recent judgment in Banque Cantonale de Genève v.. read more

Bradley Willcox et al v. Lloyds TSB (US case, Honolulu, Hawaii.)

Posted on June 20th, 2017 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Investment, Property

US Litigation focuses on consumer rights in complex loans Willcox v Lloyds had some similarities with the previous case in Northern California of Dugan v Lloyds TSB. This time a.. read more