A couple who defaulted on their £500,000 mortgage have failed to convince the High Court that the loan is unenforceable by reason of the lender’s failure to comply with the safeguards contained within the Consumer
A woman whose family lost £1.5 million in a ‘classic Ponzi scheme’ has suffered a setback in her quest to prove that her bank, through one of its senior employees, gave ‘dishonest assistance’ to the
In the context of fraudulent misrepresentation claims by customers of Barclays Bank in respect of alleged widespread fixing of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the High Court has dismissed claims by more than 200
A group of private care home operators have triumphed in their High Court fight to block local authority funding cuts that they claimed would jeopardise the viability of their businesses and the welfare of their
A businessman who had an £850,000 London property sold from under him by a forger whilst he languished in a middle- eastern prison has been handed the property back by a judge. The High Court
The scene has been set for a £4.5 million court struggle after the historic facade of a landmark former Methodist chapel in Bradford was seriously damaged whilst it was being converted into luxury flats. Eastbrook
A businessman who is facing a €500 million claim in respect of the financial collapse of a bank of which he was once chairman has failed to overturn a court order freezing his assets. The
In a ruling which is bound to cause consternation in the construction and associated industries, the Court of Appeal has ruled that falls in property values that coincide with project delays can give rise to
A road maintenance company that argued its profits on a major public contract were swallowed up by a substantially larger number of potholes than could reasonably have been predicted is not entitled to an additional
A developer that failed to win a £70 million contract for the construction of a major sports and arts facility has failed to convince the High Court that it was the victim of deceit and
