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01 April 2026
Issue: 8156 / Categories: Legal News , Financial services litigation , Consumer , Compensation
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Motor finance taskforce and pay-out scheme set out

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its £7.5bn redress scheme for consumers affected by mis-sold motor finance loans this week

More than 12 million agreements made between 2007 and 2024 are eligible for compensation, averaging £830 per pay-out.

The FCA has designed its scheme so that applicants avoid using claims management companies and law firms.

It has also, along with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and other regulators, launched a taskforce to tackle poor handling of motor finance claims by some claims management companies and law firms, following the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment exposing the scandal, Johnson v FirstRand Bank [2025] UKSC 33.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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