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Last December, I reviewed the case of McGuinness v Norwich and Peterborough Building Society [2010] EWHC 2989, which considered whether a guarantee liability is a liability for a liquidated sum within...
Unfair relationships – Payment Protection Insurance
This Court of Appeal decision focused on the narrow issue of the size of the commission, relating to the cost of payment protection insurance (“PPI”), which the borrowers alleged gave rise to an unfair...
Disclosing names of bank officials who report suspicions of money laundering
This Court of Appeal decision raised the important question whether a bank’s obligation to make standard disclosure requires it to reveal the names of the bank employees who report suspicions of money...
Money laundering – do you need to disclose bank employee details?
Last year, the Court of Appeal decided that a claimant was entitled to require a bank to prove its case that it was obliged to make a number of authorised disclosures to the Serious Organised Crime Agency. ...
Duty of care – valuers and the buy-to-let market
Last October we reported on a case where a valuer was held to owe a duty of care to a purchaser on a buy-to-let property in respect of a valuation provided to the lender not the purchaser. The valuation...
PPI claims – “unnecessary embellishments”
PPI claims – “unnecessary embellishments”
This case is an interesting example of the type of claims a borrower with PPI can attempt to raise and the court’s approach to these claims. Borrowers...
Can a written guarantee be subject to an oral agreement?
The guarantor, Mr Binney, claimed that although he had signed a written guarantee in favour of National Westminster Bank plc (“the Bank”), it was subject to an oral agreement that the guarantee limited...
What happens when a claimant discontinues his claim – who is liable to pay the costs?
In 2009, banks were facing a flood of claims pursuant to section 78 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (“the Act”). The Act provides that a creditor under a regulated agreement for running account credit...
What duty of disclosure does a lender owe a guarantor?
The Court of Appeal considered the question of how much information a lender is obliged to give a guarantor? Although the case did not involve a retail bank, the principles highlighted are of wider relevance.
The...
Sale and leaseback schemes
The court was asked here to determine preliminary issues in 9 test cases concerning the controversial sale and lease back schemes. These schemes enabled the occupiers of property to sell their property...