The Financial Conduct Authority's proposed rewrite of mortgage rules within its consumer duty regime, designed to protect households from taking risky financial action, could lead home buyers to make poor decisions and expose them to misselling traps, according to legal experts.
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FCA's Mortgage Rules Revamp Could Boost Misselling Risk

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority's proposed rewrite of mortgage rules within its consumer duty regime, designed to protect households from taking risky financial action, could lead home buyers to make poor decisions and expose them to misselling traps, according to legal experts.

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EU Accepts Temu Plan After €200M Illegal Goods Fine

By Isabel Jackson

The European Commission said Monday that it has approved Temu's plan to improve its risk assessments after it fined the online retailer €200 million ($224 million) in May over illegal products sold on its platform.

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Forged Deed Fueled $15M Court Judgment, Developer Says

By Eddie Beaver

A property developer is seeking to overturn a judgment against him of almost $15 million, alleging that his former business partner's company used a fraudulent agreement bearing a signature in his name to persuade a court that he owed millions under a financing deal.

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LITIGATION

EasyJet Won't Pay $72M For Jets Abandoned Over Sanctions

By Robbie Kalus

EasyJet has denied that it owes the Irish arm of a Russian aircraft lessor $72 million, telling a London court that it had to abandon six aircraft in light of U.K. and European Union sanctions.

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Investor Says Judge Used Wrong Test In JV Property Row

By Ronan Barnard

A property investor urged London's Court of Appeal on Monday to overturn findings that he misrepresented costs in a London real estate joint venture, arguing that the trial judge applied the wrong legal test when deciding he owed fiduciary duties.

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