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Holyrood’s Justice Committee calls on public to submit experiences on using & improving Scotland’s legal services market
Scottish Parliament calls for evidence on public use of courts & legal services. If you have used a Scottish lawyer or the courts and felt the service you did not receive was tip top, or bordered … more →
A Diary of Injustice in Scotland
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 - Unfair Relationships | Unfair Credit Agreements | Unfair Loans
Kerry wrote 3 days ago: The Consumer Credit Act 1974 enables borrowers to challenge unfair credit card and loan agreements i … more →
OFT v Foxtons Rides Again (Maybe)
PainSmith wrote 4 days ago: At 9.45am on Wednesday 25 November the new Supreme Court will give judgement in OFT v Abbey National … more →
New Lending Code 5: mental health, information recording
debtcontrolman wrote 1 week ago: 176. With a customer’s explicit consent and in line with requirements of the Data Protection A … more →
New Lending Code 4:mental health, third parties
debtcontrolman wrote 2 weeks ago: 175. Where it is appropriate and with a customer’s consent, subscribers should work with advice agen … more →
How Will the New Lending Code take effect?
debtcontrolman wrote 2 weeks ago: One can probably trace the genesis of the new Lending Code, from FSA bombshell about taking over the … more →
CAMRA continue to embarrass themselves
havingabeer wrote 2 weeks ago: Surely there comes a time when you realise that you have made a mistake and that you need to admit d … more →
OFT - the aftermath
havingabeer wrote 3 weeks ago: Following the overwhelming verdict of the Office of Fair Trading that the UK pub model does not impe … more →
Holyrood’s Justice Committee calls on public to submit experiences on using & improving Scotland’s legal services market
petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: Scottish Parliament calls for evidence on public use of courts & legal services. If you have use … more →
Lending Code secrecy 'is a disgrace'
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debtcontrolman wrote 1 month ago: I have just released this press release; as you see it is a matter of some seriousness The new Lendi … more →
£40 Million Fine For Recruitment Agencies Involved In Price Fixing
icsanna wrote 1 month ago: Using the full force of its powers, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on Wednesday made an example of … more →
What to do about the firms the OFT fined - Hang 'em and flog 'em?
Gnt Fraud Solutions wrote 1 month ago: There have been many blogs and posts since the news about the widespread issues identified by the OF … more →
Bid-riggers slapped with fines
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matthewscotland wrote 2 months ago: A total of 103 construction companies accused of ‘bid-rigging’ have been fined £130 million by the O … more →
Disgorgement of ill-gotten gains
Andrew Sharpe wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to a twitter lead (HT @clarinette02), we were alerted rather late in the day to the action be … more →
OFT Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Registration
Simon Webber wrote 3 months ago: On the 31st July 2009, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) opened its registration for Anti-Money Laund … more →
OFT Berlin
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Lindsay Jean wrote 4 months ago: I realize that I didn’t say much about the vintage shopping in Berlin. Well, that has a lot to … more →
Frequently asked questions
1stcredit wrote 4 months ago: Why are debt collection agencies used? Debt collection agencies play a vital role in the UK economy, … more →
OFT v Foxtons- Renewal Commissions and Mis-reporting
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PainSmith wrote 4 months ago: Following the decision in OFT v Foxtons on Friday there has already been a great deal of mis-reporti … more →
Initial response to OFT v Foxtons
PainSmith wrote 4 months ago: Following the ruling today in this matter, letting agent terms of business may well contain some sig … more →
OFT v Foxtons Links
PainSmith wrote 4 months ago: The OFT press release on today’s judgment can be found here The judgement can be found in full … more →
