All Consumer issues, debt and bankruptcy articles – Page 4
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NewsRigidity will kill point of EU repeal bill, lawyers warn parliament
Benefits of the Great Repeal Bill will fail unless the government can devise ways to take account of developments in EU law.
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NewsCMA highlights lack of solicitor involvement in contract reviews
Competition watchdog says businesses risk breaching new laws or regulations.
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News£14bn damages claim filed against MasterCard
MasterCard says it intends to vigorously oppose the biggest collective action in history.
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NewsMasterCard faces record £19bn card charges claim
Credit card company has said it ‘firmly disagrees’ with the basis of the claim filed following Consumer Rights Act.
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NewsPublic access chambers offers fixed-fee debt representation
ShenSmith partners with a debt adviser to help clients who find the traditional solicitor route ‘too expensive’ and offers 'amazing' fees.
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FeatureThe price of legal services researched
New research by the Legal Services Board aims to begin to fill the gap in knowledge about the prices of legal services.
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NewsSupreme Court dismisses £85 parking ticket challenge
Fine imposed for overstaying a two-hour parking limit was not an unlawful penalty, judges rule in Beavis v ParkingEye.
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NewsDebt protocol plan revised to reduce burden for creditors
Reforms have been on the cards since Lord Justice Jackson’s report on civil justice.
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NewsForex claims may test new class action right
Consumer Rights Act provides procedure for 'opt-out' actions on behalf of victims of anticompetitive behaviour.
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NewsSolicitors free to offer ‘central’ consumer credit
Firms will be subject to eight pages of SRA rules rather than the hundreds of pages they might have faced.
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NewsLandmark £85 parking ticket battle hits Supreme Court
A motorist had to crowdfund more than £6,000 to cover the costs of taking the case to the highest court in the UK despite his lawyers acting pro bono.
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NewsSupreme Court opens costs appeal against negligent firm
Trustee allowed to pursue claim for costs free from liability of previous legal action.
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NewsUnsecured creditors ‘unlikely’ to recover £658k from firm
Staff not expected to be paid redundancy money from London litigation firm in administration.
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News£85 parking fine bound for Supreme Court
CoA rules that ParkingEye penalty neither 'extravagant nor unconscionable'.
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FeatureConsumer Rights Bill – all change?
With the bill likely to receive royal assent soon, what impact will the broad changes have on consumers and law firms?
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NewsWonga escapes criminal action over letters scandal
The company was ordered to pay £2.6m in compensation last summer to around 45,000 customers.
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NewsConsumer credit upheaval postponed again
City watchdogs agree to delay regulatory changes as SRA seeks ‘best possible solution’.
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NewsGovernment raises threshold for bankruptcy petitions
Solicitor groups and insolvency practitioners had both called for an increase in the limit, which has not been changed since 1986.
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NewsCity lawyers urge SRA to retain consumer credit brief
CLLS warns of extra costs and risk of criminal liability if regulation passes to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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News‘Extra burdens’ of consumer credit switch laid bare
Advisers commissioned by Chancery Lane warn of massive and costly disruption for thousands of firms.