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The UK Court of Appeal recently handed down its decision in Tiuta International Ltd (in liquidation) v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd, where the question before the Court was whether a lender could recover all its loss from a negligent valuer in connection with a refinance loan or if the lender was limited to the amount lost in topping up the original loan.

On July 27 of this year, Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the FCA, delivered a speech in which he questioned the sustainability of LIBOR in its current form.

Banks were cast as the villain of the piece in the so-called ‘Great Recession' of 2007–2009, the last downturn to hit our economy before the coronavirus pandemic.

AIM-quoted Imperial Innovations has raised approximately £140 million through a rights issue to shareholders and innovative warrant issue to major shareholders.

The recent case of Santander UK PLC v. (1) Ashley Shaun Fletcher and (2) Paula Denise Fletcher [2018] EWHC 2778 (Ch) ...

Disputes regarding the application and purpose of guarantees and indemnities in contractual agreements frequently emerge in English courts

From 30 June 2006, international bearer debt securities issued by certain issuers which are intended to be recognised as "eligible collateral" for the purposes of Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations will, amongst other things, be required to be issued pursuant to what is known as the New Global Note structure.

The fees payable to FC for the provision of its services comprised a non contingent fee of £15,000 and a contingent fee of 2% of successfully raised funds.

The UK ratification of the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol (together the "Convention") came into force on 1 November 2015.

If, as expected, President Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") into law, one provision that will go into effect immediately upon enactment and with no notice period affects all those issuing securities in private placements in the United States in reliance on Regulation D, by effectively raising the accredited investor net worth standard for natural persons.

This was a rare example of a salvage case before the High Court. It arose from an application for default judgment by the salvors (a local consortium of maritime service providers which salved the Vessel – which had grounded ...

For nearly three decades, a large group of mostly elderly and vulnerable mortgage holders have endured the consequences of a financial product that promised security but delivered profound hardship.

The subject of who can sue for book debts following their assignment was recently addressed by the Court of Appeal in the case of Bexhill (UK) Ltd v Razzaq [2012] EWCA Civ 1376.

Whenever a domestic or commercial property is built, sold or rented, the owner must commission an Energy Performance Certificate.

In Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Mirza [2017] the Sheriff Appeal Court considered arguments relating to the application of the pre-action requirements incumbent upon secured lenders...

The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (the "Regulations") come into force on the 4 May 2021...

In Learning Curve (NE) Group Ltd v Lewis [2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm) the High Court found that a buyer's right to bring a claim under an indemnity did not preclude a claim for breach of warranty.