Breach of Statutory Duty in UK Law
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Barclays successfully defends first swap mis-selling claim involving a claim by individuals for breach of statutory duty
Barclays successfully defends first swap mis-selling claim involving a claim by individuals for breach of statutory duty – Ramesh Jadavji Parmar and Rama Ramesh Parmar v. Barclays Bank PLC [2018] E...
- Barclays Successfully Defends First Swap Mis-Selling Claim Involving A Claim By Individuals For Breach Of Statutory Duty
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Parent Company Liability for Environmental Harm Caused by Overseas Subsidiaries
Colleagues in the Environmental, Safety and Health practice group have published an interesting post on the recent Vedanta Resources decision. In that case, the UK Supreme Court held that a claim f...
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Morrisons is not vicariously liable for data breach…but the Supreme Court does not rule out the possibility in future cases
On 1 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court unanimously overturned a 2018 Court of Appeal ruling that had found WM Morrisons Supermarkets PLC (Morrisons) vicariously liable for its employee’s misuse of p...... ... of private information, breach of confidence and breach of statutory duty under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Although this case was ... ...
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"A Case Based On Hindsight" - Misselling Claim Rejected
The High Court in Thornbridge Ltd v Barclays Bank plc [2015] EWHC 3430 (QB), 27 November 2015 has rejected an interest rate swap misselling claim for losses allegedly arising as a result of the def...... ... bank having acted negligently, in breach of contract or in breach of statutory duty. The ... ...
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Vedanta: Supreme Court rules that Zambians can seek legal redress in the UK against parent company
The UK Supreme Court has decided that a claim for negligence and breach of statutory duty against a Zambian mining company and its English parent can be heard by the English courts. The much antici...... ... decided that a claim for negligence and breach of statutory duty against a Zambian mining ... ...
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Performance benchmarks, stop loss protection and breach of mandate
Rocker v. Full Circle Asset Management Ltd [2017] EWHC 2999 (QB) - In this interesting and detailed judgment, Mr Justice Morris (the Judge) considered the claims of Mr Rocker, a successful busin...... ... Management Limited (FCAM) for breach of contract, breach of statutory duty and negligence. FCAM provided discretionary fund management (DFM) ... ...
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Exemplary Damages for Unreasonably Withholding Consent
... ... in which exemplary or punitive damages for breach of statutory duty may be awarded to a tenant ... ...
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Claimant Tripped Up By Causation Arguments
...Establishing liability for breach of statutory duty ... West Sussex County ... ...
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Parent Company Liability For Environmental Harm Caused By Overseas Subsidiaries
... ... Court held that a claim for negligence and breach of statutory duty against a mining company based ... ...
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