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FSA enquiry evidence no longer remains confidential

RPC
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United Kingdom
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July 9 2007

A Court of Appeal ruling has caused uproar and may have jeopardised the FSA’s capacity for gathering information

Good news for the insurance industry

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United Kingdom
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July 13 2007

In a recent decision on two linked cases (Bunney v Burns Anderson Plc & Anor and Cahill v Timothy James & Partners Limited), the High Court held that the Financial Ombudsman Service may not make a binding award requiring a redress payment in excess of £100k

Class actions in the UK - the Financial Services Bill

RPC
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United Kingdom
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March 22 2010

D&O and PI insurers could face an increase in high-value claims if the Financial Services Bill, currently at the Committee Stage in the House of Lords, is adopted

FOS does not breach human rights

RPC
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United Kingdom
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July 7 2011

The FOS’s compliance with fundamental principles of justice was thrown into the spotlight by last week’s ECHR decision in the cause célèbre case of Heather Moor & Edgecomb Limited (HME) v UK (FOS

All aboard the causation bandwagon

RPC
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2011

Like the proverbial buses that eventually arrive in pairs, at a time when there has been much controversy about the issue of causation, it is ironic that there have now been two significant High Court judgments setting the position within the regulated sector in stark contrast to the general law as interpreted by the Courts

Time (bar) is of the essence

RPC
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United Kingdom
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September 19 2011

Last Thursday marked the third anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers which may have drawn a line in the sands of time for complaints about the mis-selling of investments before September 2005