Financial services

Members of chambers are regularly instructed by financial institutions based in the City, Canary Wharf and further afield, and advise on a broad range of both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Recent cases undertaken by barristers at Henderson Chambers include the following:

Finance and consumer credit
  • Lloyds, HSBC, Vanquis Bank, Ahli Bank credit agreements involving high net worth individuals
  • Trading Standards prosecutions for failure to obtain consumer credit licences
  • Debt assignments
Commercial, insurance and arbitration
  • Mortgage proceedings (parties confidential): whether conspiracy to defraud by mortgage adviser and relatives of mortgagor can render mortgage void
Employment
  • Unfair dismissal against financial services skills council
  • Whistleblowing and unfair dismissal cases in firm of IFAs
  • Numerous high value bonus claims, options disputes
  • FSA Regulatory issues in employment in IFA firms