Slaughter and May acted for Close Brothers on its successful appeal to the Supreme Court in Hopcraft regarding broker commissions in a motor finance context. In a landmark decision for the motor finance industry handed down on Friday 1 August, the Supreme Court has determined that motor dealers acting as a credit broker do not owe fiduciary duties to their customers and dismissed the Hopcrafts’ claims against Close Brothers entirely.
Disputes and Investigations
Gayathri Kamalanathan
Partner
Ewan Brown
Partner
Jonathan Clark
Partner
Olga Ladrowska
Partner
Rhys James
Associate
Lily Pinder
Associate
Jaime Laing
Associate
Nikita Garg
Associate
Aman Berdesha
Associate
Rebecca Hickman
Associate
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