The staff at our Newcastle office recently organised a collection of smart and professional business wear in support of Smart Works Newcastle. Due to the success of our recent collection and the importance of the work that Smart Works does, we are delighted to announce that both of our offices (Newcastle and Hexham) will be […]
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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 […]