http://www.bllaw.co.uk/ The latest financial services news from Blake Lapthorn en Thu, 17 May 2012 03:01:50 GMT @copyright Blake Lapthorn 0 http://www.bllaw.co.uk http://www.bllaw.co.uk/images/templateimages/bl-logo.gif 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 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 Our Finance team reviews the Financial Services Bill which was introduced by the Government on 26 January 2012 and which, subject to royal assent, the Government expects to be in place by early 2013. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/the_financial_services_bill.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/the_financial_services_bill.aspx Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Banking team considers this case which demonstrates that the Etridge Rules must be followed by solicitors, regardless of whether the advice is free and the client is determined to proceed. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/padden_v_bevan_ashford.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/padden_v_bevan_ashford.aspx Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Commercial Recoveries and Litigation teams consider the helpful guidance on personal guarantees given by the Queen's Bench Division in the recent case of United Dominion Trust Ltd v Dohil. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/enforceability_of_guarantees.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/enforceability_of_guarantees.aspx Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Finance group reviews this case that demonstrates the importance of risk management for finance companies, particularly where transactions are of a high value or involve a large number of contracts with the same supplier. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/finance_companies_manage_risk.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/finance_companies_manage_risk.aspx Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Commercial Litigation team highlights how investors who have suffered losses in the crisis have turned to the courts to try and recover their losses from the banks who sold them poorly performing investments. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/investor_loss_recovery.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/investor_loss_recovery.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Commercial Litigation team spotlights the publication in November 2011 by the OFT of new guidance for brokers, intermediaries and those consumer credit and hire businesses that employ or use their services. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/oft_broker_guidance.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/oft_broker_guidance.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Banking team considers recent case law surrounding the validity of documents executed as deeds and the issues that may arise. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/delivery_of_deeds.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/delivery_of_deeds.aspx Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Our Banking team looks at the recent decision in Hackney Empire v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd and the effect a side agreement may have on altering a contract. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/side_agreements.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/sectors/finance/news_and_updates/side_agreements.aspx Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT