by Coleman Legal LLP | Apr 13, 2015 | Financial Mis-selling
Overpayment of Variable Interest Rates Since the global financial crisis in late 2007 and the subsequent crash, the European Central Bank (ECB) has cut interest rates steadily to the current all time low of 0.05%. For holders of ‘tracker mortgages’ this has been good...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Apr 2, 2015 | Financial Mis-selling
The UK Supreme Court appeal arose out of a payment protection insurance (“PPI”) dispute between Mrs Plevin, the borrower, and Paragon Personal Finance Ltd, the lender. By way of background, PPI covers the borrowings on personal loans or credit cards on the occurrence...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Mar 24, 2015 | Financial Mis-selling
There have been many articles appearing in financial journals in the last few months on the topic of ‘closet trackers’ a specific type of tracker fund in what has been labelled an ‘outrageous financial scam’ by some academics. A ‘tracker fund’ is an investment term...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Mar 4, 2015 | Medical Negligence, Other Categories
The number of maternal deaths in Ireland has risen sharply, up by 22%, meaning the pregnancy-related death rate in Ireland is now higher than that in the UK, according to a new report of the Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry, based in UCC. In this country in the...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Feb 16, 2015 | Medical Negligence
Since the Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme opened for applications from 10 November to 05 December 2014, there remains some debate in relation to its role as an alternative form of redress to litigation through the Courts. One significant aspect to accept...
