Blake Lapthorn banking news feed http://www.bllaw.co.uk/ The latest banking news from Blake Lapthorn en Thu, 17 May 2012 02:58:36 GMT @copyright Blake Lapthorn 0 http://www.bllaw.co.uk Blake Lapthorn website http://www.bllaw.co.uk/images/templateimages/bl-logo.gif think carefully before clicking 'send'.. Our Finance team looks at how email agreements can create an enforceable guarantee. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/email_guarantee.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/email_guarantee.aspx Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT a bank's rights to enforce personal guarantees Our Finance team looks at the High Court's commercial view on the enforceability of personal guarantees. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/enforce_personal_guarantees.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/enforce_personal_guarantees.aspx Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT do unfair terms and practices invalidate an agreement? Our Finance team looks at unfair contract terms and practice, particularly the case of Jana Perenicova and another v SOS financ spol. s.r.o. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/unfair_terms_and_practice.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/unfair_terms_and_practice.aspx Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT firm advises Lucketts Travel on key acquisition Blake Lapthorn's Corporate Finance, Banking, Real Estate and Employment law teams come together to advise Lucketts Travel, Hampshire-based family business operating in the leisure sector, on its acquisition of Coliseum Coaches. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/corporate_finance/news_and_updates/lucketts_travel_acquisition.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/corporate_finance/news_and_updates/lucketts_travel_acquisition.aspx Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT this excuse better be good: a reminder of the rules for claims against directors Our Restructuring and Insolvency group draws attention to a recent case where the High Court has provided a useful reminder of the important principles that apply where a liquidator brings a claim against directors. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/insolvency_and_recovery/news_and_updates/claims_against_directors.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/insolvency_and_recovery/news_and_updates/claims_against_directors.aspx Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT first conviction under Bribery Act 2010 Our Finance team looks at the background to the first conviction under the Bribery Act 2010 in November 2011, which saw a former magistrates' court administrative officer sentenced to six years in prison. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/conviction_under_bribery_act.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/conviction_under_bribery_act.aspx Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT OFT publishes new Debt Management (and Credit Repair) Guidance Our Finance group looks at the publication by OFT on 22 March 2012 of its revised Guidance, setting out the minimum standards which it expects from all parties involved in the debt advice/debt management process. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/debt_management_credit_repair.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/debt_management_credit_repair.aspx Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT contract rectification considered again Our Finance group considers the implications of the recent decision in Proctor & Gamble v SCA Hygiene Products, which comes at a time when the number of reported cases on rectification would seem to have risen. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/contract_rectification.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/contract_rectification.aspx Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT the EU directive that could cause repossessions to soar Our Finance group looks at an obscure EU directive that is pushing its way through the European Parliament that could cause a sharp rise in the number of home repossessions in the UK and hike up the cost of lending. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/the_eu_mortgage_directive.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/the_eu_mortgage_directive.aspx Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT the financial crisis: an uncomfortable truth? Head of our Finance group, Kath Shimmin, challenges the assumption that the credit crisis and the woes that have flowed from it are entirely the workings of the shadowy evil geniuses in the 'City'. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/financial_crisis.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/financial_crisis.aspx Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT