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Banking - Retail news stories:

• 17 Feb 2012
  Plastic implant liability – did you pay by credit card?
  We picked up an interesting letter on the subject of liability for corrective surgery for defective breast implants at the weekend.
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• 6 Feb 2012
  Unfair contract terms: FSA finalised guidance
  The Financial Services Authority has been active in January 2012, publishing two sets of finalised guidance in relation to the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the “Regulations”).
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• 2 Feb 2012
  Changes to accounting standards
  At the end of January, the Accounting Standards Board published revised proposals for the future of financial reporting standards.
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• 20 Jan 2012
  Eurozone crisis for dummies
  John Lunn, our retail banking expert, explains the downgrading of Eurozone countries and its implications.
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• 11 Jan 2012
  EU investigates consumer credit websites
  On 10 January 2012 the European Commission published the results of an EU wide sweep of the websites of consumer credit providers for compliance with the Consumer Credit Directive.
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• 22 Dec 2011
  Bribery Act 2010: BBA guidance on compliance
  John Lunn, our anti-bribery & corruption partner, comments on the British Bankers' Association's Bribery Act guidance.
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• 19 Dec 2011
  Mortgage prisoners released under MMR2?
  John Lunn, head of Morton Fraser's retail banking team, reviews the Mortgage Market Review consultation paper.
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• 14 Dec 2011
  The truth behind Cameron's veto
  Comment by our banking legal expert, Susan Younger, on David Cameron's veto.
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• 13 Oct 2011
  Free banking – the end is nigh?
  John Lunn discusses the potential consequence of implementing the Vickers report.
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• 4 Oct 2011
  Working with your bank in troubled times
  Susan Younger, our banking & finance expert, discusses simple steps for smoother banking.
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