The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has decided to drop its investigation into the fairness of bank overdraft charges. It follows last month’s Supreme Court ruling that the OFT could not use part of the unfair contract regulations to decide if bank …
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Bank charges challenge is dropped by regulator – BBC Business
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has decided to drop its investigation into the fairness of bank overdraft charges. It follows last month’s Supreme Court ruling that the OFT could not use part of the unfair contract regulations to decide if bank …
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Bank charges challenge is dropped by regulator – BBC Business
After nearly three years of trying to use the law to attack the scale of bank charges, the OFT has thrown in the towel. Last month, the Supreme Court told the OFT that it could not use part of the 1999 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations to …
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Q&A: Bank overdraft charges – BBC Business
PR Log (Press Release) – Dec 14, 2009 – Penaltycharges.co.uk, along with other consumer groups, is urging the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to continue its action against unfair bank charges on the basis that it bank customers continue to have a …
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Bank Charges: Consumers Fight On – PRLog (free press release)
AT 9.45am on Thursday, I sat in the Supreme Court as the walls crumbled in on the campaign to reclaim unfair bank charges. Yet, while it felt devastating then, with time to reflect the damage isn’t quite as bad as first thought. This is something I …
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Let’s all Clause a stink! – News of World
PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 27, 2009 – The newly appointed Supreme Court has given their long awaited decision this week on ‘unfair bank charges’, causing a severe blow to an estimated 1.2 million people who have lodged claims. In July 2007, all …
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Supreme Court Announce Their Decision on ‘Unfair Bank Charges’ – PRLog (free press release)
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the charges are not subject to regulation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) under unfair contract rules. The ruling means that millions of people who have paid the charges will not be entitled to refunds …
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Overdraft charges: consumers back Supreme Court ruling – Daily Telegraph
Up to 12 million people have been hit by unfair bank charges since 2001 with 63% of them having yet to ask for their money back, if new research published by Which? today is to be believed. More
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Banks win unfair charges case – MyFinances.co.uk
Up to 12 million people have been hit by unfair bank charges since 2001 with 63% of them having yet to ask for their money back, if new research published by Which? today is to be believed. More
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Banks win unfair charges case – MyFinances.co.uk
MILLIONS of people who are fighting to get overdraft charges refunded were dealt a massive blow yesterday when the banks were handed a shock victory at the Supreme Court. Britain’s highest court ruled the charges do not come under “unfair contract …
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One million snubbed as banks win overdraft charges fight – yorkshirepost
