Ian McDonald

May 3, 2024 | mondaq.com | Ian McDonald |Ian Mcdonald |Airlie Goodman |Miles Robinson

2024 is shaping up to be another significant year for the UK's burgeoning class/collective action regimes. New developments in several areas means that businesses need to have an understanding of their exposure across collective proceedings orders (CPOs) and umbrella proceedings orders in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), to group litigation orders (GLOs) and representative actions in the High Court.

Jul 26, 2023 | mondaq.com | Chris Chapman |Ian McDonald |Ian Mcdonald |Stephen Moi |Lauren Theodoulou

In a keenly awaited decision, the Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC1 and provided important clarity on the scope of the Quincecare duty owed by banks to their customers. The Quincecare duty is derived from the decision in Barclays Bank plc v Quincecare Ltd2(the "Quincecare Case").

Jul 24, 2023 | lexology.com | Chris Chapman |Ian McDonald |Ian Mcdonald |Stephen Moi |Lauren Theodoulou

In a keenly awaited decision, the Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC1 and provided important clarity on the scope of the Quincecare duty owed by banks to their customers. The Quincecare duty is derived from the decision in Barclays Bank plc v Quincecare Ltd2(the “Quincecare Case”).

Jul 14, 2023 | mondaq.com | Stephen Moi |Ian McDonald |Ian Mcdonald |Chris Arnold |Lauren Theodoulou

In a recent decision in Dexia Crediop SpA v Provincia di Brescia [2023]1, the English High Court dismissed the application of the Italian Province of Brescia (the "Defendant") for an order that the Court does not have jurisdiction or, alternatively, should decline jurisdiction, over certain claims brought by the Italian bank Dexia Crediop SpA (the "Claimant") regarding the validity and enforceability of interest rate swaps entered into between the parties shortly before the financial crisis...