All Consumer issues, debt and bankruptcy articles
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News
Busy competition watchdog creates deputy GC post
Competition and Markets Authority's workload and responsibilities are expected to grow even more next year.
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News
Processing delays cause ‘damaging sclerosis in civil justice’
Consumer watchdog urges action over ‘rapid deterioration in service quality in recent times’.
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News
Competition watchdog sets its sights on will-writers
Competition and Markets Authority is worried not all firms are complying with consumer protection laws.
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Opinion
Britcoin is not as bonkers as it sounds
Access to public - central bank - money is essential for stability in the post-cash economy.
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News
Law centre's relief over debt advice funding
Morale plummeted when government-sponsored body embarked on recommissioning exercise.
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Opinion
Competition law still isn’t up to the job
The government and the CMA always insisted competition law would protect people. It doesn’t and it never did.
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News
S and G upbeat despite sharp rise in pre-tax losses
National firm points to ‘resilient’ performance amid pandemic and predicts recovery in 2022.
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News
Strikes not ‘extraordinary circumstances’ for cancelled flights, CoA rules
Strikes over pay or conditions will not generally involve ‘extraordinary circumstances’, Court of Appeal rules.
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News
Firm fined for dumping 1,200 unallocated payments into holding account
Delays in handling payments caused at least one person to be wrongly pursued through county court.
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News
Supreme Court shut the door on Google claim, but 'left it ajar' for others
Lawyers say the ruling in Lloyd v Google is 'likely only to be the beginning in this hotly contested area'.
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News
Enforcement agents may enter homes via video, court decides
High Court was asked to clarify whether a physical visit needs to take place before goods are seized.
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News
JR has improved consumer rights, Which? tells Faulks review
Any changes to judicial review should relate to extending the window to issue proceedings.
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Feature
Should there be a right to banking?
In July 2019 the High Court found in favour of Royal Bank of Scotland in N v RBS, which was brought by a former customer seeking damages flowing from what it said were unlawful actions taken by RBS.
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News
Ex-client pursued for £1,800 costs years after halting RTA claim
Bill of costs included litigation executive charging £250 an hour for work on minor RTA claim.
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News
Ex-clients of collapsed PI firm pay thousands in wasted costs
Update on progress of JC & A administration shows work ongoing to pursue wasted costs.
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News
Creditors owed £3.6m by closed PI firm set to end up with nothing
Funds will be raised from property sales and completed work at Seth Lovis & Co, but lenders are first in line.
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News
Ex-solicitor faces bankruptcy restrictions after concealing assets
Paul Baxendale-Walker was declared bankrupt in 2018 after giving negligent tax advice to a client.
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News
Some Ince creditors set to recoup just 1.6%, warn administrators
Update also gives notices that administration costs could rise to more than £1m.
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News
Merricks v Mastercard: £14bn appeal to be heard by Supreme Court
Walter Merricks CBE has brought claim on behalf of 46 million Mastercard customers in case worth £14bn.
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News
City firms sent in to clear up after Thomas Cook collapse
Reed Smith working with the Civil Aviation Authority while Ashurst is advising the special managers of Thomas Cook entities.