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A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news - Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Pensions Regulator: sanctions for making illegal loans - TPR’s latest Regulatory intervention report outlines...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter to heads of sustainable finance on the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market and by way of update since the FCA's previous letter on this topic in 2023. The FCA...more
The UK's House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (the Committee) published its letter to the FCA, expressing concern and requests for further information in relation to the FCA's motor finance redress...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement alongside a press release confirming its intention to consult on a motor finance redress scheme for consumers affected by unfair commission arrangements. This...more
On 1 August 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its much anticipated judgment on the appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the UK motor finance commission litigation — being the joined cases of Johnson v. FirstRand...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/23, alongside a press release and new webpage, setting out its proposed rules for regulating Deferred Payment Credit (DPC), commonly known as Buy...more
The types of consumer credit arrangements at issue in all of the relevant motor finance cases are “three-cornered” transactions. Motor dealers would offer a car for sale, which a member of the public would then see and wish...more
On 1 August 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Hopcraft & Anor v Close Brothers Ltd – reported together as [2025] UKSC 33....more
The judgment brings clarity regarding the fiduciary duty and unfair relationships. The consumer finance sector now awaits the FCA’s plans for a new redress scheme covering commission arrangements....more
- What is new: Preliminary findings from the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) market study of premium finance, which focuses on motor and home insurance, highlight concerns about affordability, value and transparency,...more
The UK statutory instrument (The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025) implementing the necessary legislative changes for progressing buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) regulation...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has announced it will be reviewing the Loan to Income (LTI) flow limit requirements, following the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC) recommendation, as stated in its July financial...more
A version of this article first appeared in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law in June 2025. In the case of IDBI Bank Limited v Axcel Sunshine Limited & Ors the English High Court held that,...more
Lenders in the retail market will be familiar with the Etridge protocol, which (in summary) requires them to ensure that the guarantor of a loan must first obtain independent legal advice, in order to minimise the risk that...more
There is a “a dearth of case law” on s1(1) of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (Act), as observed by Lenon KC, the judge in the case of HNW Lending Ltd v Lawrence [2025] EWHC 908 (Ch). Whilst an accurate...more
Commercial contracts frequently exclude the ability of third parties to enforce contractual rights under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. But, if the parties provide in general terms that a third party can...more
Under the government Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), small businesses struggling due to the pandemic could obtain a fully government-secured loan of up to £50,000 with no repayments required for the first 12 months....more
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed its decision to review the remaining SME Banking Undertakings 2002 and has launched its consultation seeking views on whether the undertakings need to be updated....more
Executive Summary - The UK Supreme Court last week heard arguments in the joined test cases of Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd. At issue were findings by the...more
The three-day hearing of the significant Supreme Court case involving motor finance commission complaints has begun. The case involves the conjoined appeals involving two lenders who are challenging the decision of the Court...more
London, UK – Geoffrey Wynne, partner and head of Sullivan's Trade & Export Finance Group, worked with an ITFA working group headed by Paul Coles, chair of its Market Practice Committee, to develop a Short Term SWIFT Financial...more
Borrowers and lenders negotiating commercial loan agreements should use precise contractual language to avoid having terms implied into their agreements. In MacDonald Hotels Limited & Anr v Bank of Scotland Plc [2025] EWHC 32...more
During the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) transition, and post LIBOR’s end date of June 30, 2023, the goal for all should be that (1) the effective interest rates be generally economically equivalent as a result of the...more
The doctrine of purview under English law plays a critical role in determining whether amendments to a secured facility require reaffirmation or re-execution of guarantees and security. However, when it comes to adjustments...more
The court implied a good faith term constraining a lender’s discretion to refuse a borrower's request to dispose of assets in a secured financing context. A power to consider requests for disposals - A facility agreement...more