The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and the passing of this new Act represents a significant shift in the private rental sector in England. No commencement date has been given yet but it is anticipated that the Act will come into force in early 2026 with some provisions likely […]
Category: Legal Update
APP fraud recovery – one door closes and another opens?
The Supreme Court last year closed the door on claims against banks that receive clear instructions from their customers to transfer funds, even though those customers are the victims of an APP frauds (Philipp v Barclays Bank [203] UKSC 25). Where a bank’s customer is the victim of an APP fraud, the bank’s duty to […]
Hedging and speculation
The Venezia Appeal On 8 November 2022, we reported on the first instance decision of Foxton J in Banca Intesa SanPaolo v Comune di Venezia. The Court of Appeal has now reversed that decision ([2023] EWCA Civ 1482). This article will respectfully suggest that the Court of Appeal reached the wrong decision because it misunderstood […]