Sale & rent back is no answer to a mortgage, says Daniel Gatty
Paul Lowenstein QC & Teniola Onabanjo detail why London has become a centre for international litigation
FSA v Alexander: playing the system, or manipulating the market, asks Simon Goldstone
Patricia Leonard reviews the latest controversy to hit the banking industry
Oliver Assersohn analyses the first FSA initiated prosecution for insider trading to end in acquittal
The Supreme Court decision of 25 November on bank charges in Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others is on the face of it surprising.
The latest Supreme Court ruling on bank charges is unlikely to be the end of the matter, says Freya Law
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published its policy on dealing with UK companies suspected of having committed offences involving overseas corruption.
Recent cases have raised questions about the safety of chip and pin cards from fraudulent attack, for example by cloning. Typically, in such cases, the claimant is an individual whose account has been debited as a result of one or more allegedly unauthorised card transactions; the defendant is a bank or building society.
Banks & customers are potential victims in an unhappy balance, says David Hislop
Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant
International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner
Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth