On 25 November 2009 the Supreme Court delivered its Judgment in The Office of Fair Trading (Respondents) –v- Abbey National plc & Others (Appellants), a decisions which is likely to have an impact upon nearly a million claims brought by aggrieved banking customers.

In the case of Quest Advisors Limited and another v McFeely and another the High Court considered whether the seller of a development site had validly assigned its obligations and liabilities under a contract for the sale and leaseback of the development site and, if so, whether this amounted to a repudiatory breach of that contract.

This Case Law Update looks at the Court of Appeal decision in Southern Pacific Mortgage Limited -v- Jayne Elizabeth Heath which considered the issue of Multiple Agreements under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

Rosling King LLP recently acted for Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd in this test case before the Court of Appeal arising from the interpretation of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

This Case Law Update examines the case of Oakland v Wellswood (Yorkshire) Limited in which the Court of Appeal softens the effect of Regulation 8(7) of the TUPE Regulations 2006.