New hope over bank charges for customers

The Sunday Post reports that "Millions of bank customers have been given fresh hope over “unfair” charges. Last week the fight for the refund of unauthorised overdraft fees was dealt a blow by a Supreme Court ruling.

It overturned previous judgments allowing the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the fairness of the charges. But financial expert Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com and Sunday Post columnist, has found a way to continue the battle.

Now he’s teamed up with campaigning Scots solicitors to mount a fresh legal challenge. They’ve seized on the fact Lord Phillips’ ruling focuses on only one part of the 1999 consumer contract regulations. That leaves the door open to continue the fight under other parts of the regulations.

So court documents, or the refund letter, already submitted by customers seeking reimbursement need only be amended. Martin Lewis and solicitors from the Govan Law Centre in Glasgow have instructed top London financial barrister Ray Cox QC to draft what they hope will be a watertight template letter". The full Sunday Post story is here.