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Banking litigation: investment and retail

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TLT is a ‘really excellent firm for retail banking disputes’, with vast experience acting for leading financial institutions on high-profile market manipulation cases, as well as fraud mandates and complex professional negligence claims. Team head Clare Stothard is ’ incredibly impressive and well-versed in banking disputes’, with three decades of experience handling significant cases. Stothard is commended for her ‘unrivalled knowledge of the market, and how litigation works’. Also key to the practice is Nick Curling, who often acts on complex recovery actions for international banking clients of the firm.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘A really excellent firm for retail banking disputes. They regularly feature in many of the top banking disputes, resulting from their strong connections with all the leading retail banks. They have real sector knowledge and expertise.’

  • ‘Clare Stothard is a star partner: incredibly impressive and well-versed in banking disputes.’

  • ‘The team have been of great support in particular with some vexatious customers. Their knowledge of the market generally, and the impact on customers and litigation, is second to none. This, combined with their pragmatic strategy and advice, makes them our go-to.’

  • ‘Clare - calm and practical under pressure. Unrivalled knowledge of the market, and how litigation works.'

  • 'The team is particularly skilled at navigating regulatory, financial services and consumer disputes.'
  • 'The best in the business for retail banking work. TLT responds quickly and efficiently in urgent cases, and always thinks several steps ahead.'

Work highlights

Acting for a leading retail bank in the Supreme Court on the application of the Quince care duty to a paying bank acting on a client instruction where there is underlying APP fraud. This is said to be one of the foremost banking cases of recent years.
Acting for a leading retail bank in the leading case on the liability of a receiving bank where there has been APP fraud. Obtaining judgment for the bank.
Acting for a large cryptocurrency exchange in its application for FCA regulation, including undertaking a large-scale KYC examination.

Practice head

Clare Stothard

Other key lawyers

Nick Curling