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NLJ this week: APP fraud & how banks should respond

24 May 2024
Issue: 8072 / Categories: Legal News , Fraud , Financial services litigation
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A recent decision (although subject to appeal) offers hope for victims of authorised push payment (APP) fraud

In this week’s NLJ, Jon Felce and Rosie Wild, partners at Cooke, Young & Keidan, explain the ruling and its implications, including what steps payment service providers should be taking in response.

The case in question is CCP Graduate School Ltd v National Bank Plc and another company. CCP was tricked into sending money to fraudsters, and turned to her bank for redress. Was a Quincecare duty owed? The facts have some similarities to those in Philipp v Barclays Bank.

Felce and Wild write: ‘Assuming a duty is found to exist, financial institutions will be interested particularly in the scope of that duty and what steps reasonably should be taken by them, including whether that extends beyond any system of indemnification found to exist.’

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DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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