Banking Litigation Notes

High Court decides contractual discretion to make margin call is subject to implied duty of rationality, even when express duty to act reasonably

Court of Appeal rejects novel duty of care on banks to protect employees from economic loss arising from a criminal conviction in the performance of duties

Court of Appeal upholds summary judgment for rent accrued during Covid closures of commercial premises, rejecting arguments based on implied terms and “failure of basis”

High Court considers exercise of contractual discretion to close out a customer's position

High Court considers implied terms and “failure of basis” in context of COVID-19 pandemic

Court of Appeal rejects all claims relating to transfer of property portfolio to lender’s restructuring unit following borrower default

High Court strikes out claim against banks in their capacity as lenders to investors of a tax deferral scheme

The High Court has struck out claims brought by former investors in the Ingenious Media tax deferral schemes against lending banks who advanced sums to …

High Court finds in favour of Lehman administrator in respect of US $7 million trade error and implies term into otherwise "unworkable" debt security trade agreement

A recent High Court decision has found that it was necessary to imply a term into an otherwise unworkable debt security trade agreement: Lehman Brothers …

High Court Strikes out claim alleging an implied overarching 'customer agreement' requiring the parties to "cooperate with each other and act in good faith".

Standish & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland plc & Anor [2018] EWHC 1829 (Ch) will be of interest to financial institutions seeking to …

WW Property Investments Limited v National Westminster Bank Plc: Court of Appeal refuses permission for addition of claims regarding LIBOR manipulation

The case concerned an application by the claimant for permission to appeal a decision of the High Court to strike out the entirety of the claim …

Windermere VII: Financial List provides guidance of wider market significance on the rights attaching to class X notes in a CMBS structure

A recent decision (heard in the Financial List) in Hayfin Opal Luxco 3 S.A.R.L. & Anor v Windermere VII CMBS plc & Ors [2016] EWHC 782 …

Bank exercising a right of forced sale did not have a duty to obtain the best price reasonably obtainable

(1) Rosserlane Consultants Ltd, (2) Swinbrook Developments Ltd v Credit Suisse International [2015] EWHC 384 (Ch) The High Court has found that a Bank …