3 Verulam Buildings is ‘an exceptionally strong financial services set with excellent practitioners at all levels’, regularly acting for and against financial institutions, regulators and private clients across the spectrum of contentious and non-contentious work. Ian Wilson KC successfully acted for the defendant, opposite Lisa Lacob, in Farol & Ors v Clydesdale Bank plc & National Australia Bank Ltd, with the High Court deciding that Cyldesdale was entitled to charge break costs, and that it had not acted wrongfully in the manner it had priced and explained the loans to the claimants who entered into them. Saima Hanif KC is ’developing an impressive silk practice in financial services’ and is particularly well adept at acting for clients against the FCA.
Testimonials
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- 'Lucy Burrows is a pleasure to deal with. She is commercial, responsive, and on top of things.'
- 'The clerks are responsive and make arrangements quickly, at short notice where needed. Richard Ansell is particularly helpful and responsive.'
- 'Richard Ansell is particularly good at understanding what is needed and finding the best person for the task.'
- 'The clerks are very helpful and always looking to find solutions. They respond quickly to enquiries.'
- '3VB is an exceptionally strong financial services set, with excellent practitioners at all levels.'
- '3VB are probably the pre-eminent financial services set and have huge expertise stretching back a long way.'
- 'The set is first rate at junior and silk level.'
- 'First class commercial set with strengths at all levels.'