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NLJ this week: Quincecare recast & protections for banking consumers

28 July 2023
Issue: 8035 / Categories: Legal News , Fraud , Banking , Financial services litigation , Cybercrime
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The much-anticipated ruling of the Supreme Court in Philipp v Barclays Bank, which overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision, is discussed from the perspective of consumer safeguarding, in this week’s NLJ

The court held the Quincecare duty does not apply to victims of authorised push payment fraud (where victims are tricked into authorising payments to an account controlled by fraudsters).

While the court did not rescue the victims, however, it did not leave them wholly unprotected.

Penningtons Manches partner Michael Brown and senior associate Charlie Shillito, and Forum Chambers’ David McIlroy acted on behalf of the Consumers’ Association, which intervened in the case. In this article, they report on the case, and on the ‘reformulated and narrowed’ application of the Quincecare duty.

They set out the protections and potential remedies for consumers caught up in similar frauds, and the duties incumbent on banks—find out more here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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