The Commercial Bar Association

The Rt Hon The Lord Collins of Mapesbury will deliver the annual COMBAR Lecture on Thursday 4 November at 5.30pm, The Hall, Middle Temple.

Topic to be confirmed nearer the time.

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The Commercial Bar Association
Abbey National Plc V Office of Fair Trading

Abbey National Plc V Office of Fair Trading [2009] EWCA Civ 116 – the Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision that various common bank charges were ancillary in nature and not part of the core bargain between bank and customer, such that the Office of Fair Trading was entitled to assess the fairness of such charges.