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Q1 2016

Litigation Update

11 MAY 2016

Welcome to the Q1 2016 edition of our Banking Disputes Quarterly, designed to keep you up to date with the latest news and legal developments and to inform you about future developments that may affect your practice.

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'Women in finance charter' aims to address gender imbalance in the financial services sector

11 MAY 2016

A number of leading banks, including Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, HSBC and The Royal Bank of Scotland, have pledged to tackle gender imbalance in the UK financial services sector by signing up to a new voluntary charter.
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Greater power, greater responsibility? The 'legal function' and the senior managers regime

11 MAY 2016

Coming into force on 7 March 2016, the Senior Managers Regime (SMR) swept aside the 'Approved Persons Regime' by creating a responsibility and 'accountability framework' within banks building societies and credit unions (Institutions) that was better suited to their committee-based decision making and matrix structures.
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Swaps mis-selling claims – public law claim dismissed

11 MAY 2016

Customers of banks who consider they have been mis-sold an interest rate hedging product (IRH P/Swap) have explored various avenues for remedies. A recent judgment discourages them from pursuing public law claims.
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Transfers to the financial list: factors to consider

11 MAY 2016

The Financial List has been operating since October 2015 and is now becoming well-established. In Property Alliance Group Limited v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2016] EWHC 207 (Ch), the Court considered whether to order the transfer of existing proceedings into the Financial List.
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