Sentences with phrase «abbey national»

After years of acquiring other banks and amassing its real estate portfolio, Abbey National pursued the sale - leaseback to give itself more flexibility, especially with Internet banking on the rise.

Ernst & Young's McNamara, for example, engineered a deal for Abbey National bank about three years ago that resulted in more favorable rent terms.

Abbey National Bank • England 2002 — 2004 Personal Banker Effectively maintained customer relationships to maximize sales standards and expanded customer base via effective sales techniques.

In Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and 7 Others, Mr Justice Andrew Smith accepted the banks» submissions that none of the relevant terms in the contracts imposing these charges amounted to a penalty under common law.

The Supreme Court decision of 25 November on bank charges in Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others is on the face of it surprising.

In April this year judgment was handed down in the first part of the eagerly awaited test case brought by the OFT against the UK's leading high street banks seeking a ruling on the fairness of their unauthorised overdraft charges (Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr)-RRB-.

Chagger v Abbey National plc [2009] EWCA Civ 1202, [2009] All ER (D) 168 (Nov) is a potentially high - value claim, the original award having been approximately # 2.75 m.

In 2009, the Court of Appeal considered career - long loss in the case of Chagger v Abbey National Plc and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1202, [2009] All ER (D) 168 (Nov).

The appellants, representing 90 % of UK personal current accounts, comprised seven banks (Abbey National, Barclays Bank, Clydesdale Bank, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and Royal Bank of Scotland) and one building society, (Nationwide)(the Banks).

He has specialised in property and banking law for many years, having acted in the landmark House of Lords decision in Abbey National v Cann [1991] 1 AC 56, when he was only 4 years of call.

He has previously been seconded to the commercial legal team at Abbey National Plc (now Santander) and to Chi - x and so understands the requirements placed on client legal teams.

Such an approach was highlighted in litigation between Abbey National and HMRC in 2006.

Ali Malek QC and Richard Brent (instructed by Ashurst LLP) for Abbey National plc..

FURTHER ACCOUNT In the Bank Charges Test Case — OFT v Abbey National and others [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr)(see NLJ 9 May 2008, p 668)-- Mr Justice Andrew Smith on 22 May 2008 granted the banks permission to appeal his ruling that current terms and conditions for unarranged overdraft charges were susceptible to assessment as to fairness under the Consumer Credit Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/1956).

Judgment is likely to be handed down by Mr Justice Andrew Smith in the second round of OFT v Abbey National and others (see NLJ 12 June 2008, p 853) early next month.

In OFT v Abbey National plc and others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr) Mr Justice Andrew Smith ruled that none of the terms considered were void as penalties at common law, but they were susceptible to assessment as to fairness under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2083) reg 6 (2).

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Like many celebrities hoping to break into fashion, Avril Lavigne partnered with a big national retailer when she launched her Abbey Dawn clothing line in 2008.

Under Abbey's editorial leadership, Ad Age won three Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards and a SABEW Best in Business Award for general excellence.

2016.06.10 Glen Abbey Golf Club to Host 2017 RBC Canadian Open Canada's National Men's Open Championship will return to Jack Nicklaus - designed course in Oakville, Ont.

Such flowery verbiage is not unusual at National Cathedral, conceived early in the twentieth century as an American version of Westminster Abbey to enshrine the spiritual achievements of American Christianity, statecraft and civil religion.

Western liturgy has had and continues to have its glorious expressions: Chartres Cathedral, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, the Abbey of Melk, Palestrina, Mozart, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Cranmer's English, Evensong at King's College in Cambridge, the preaching at the National Cathedral in Washington.

The Abbey Group strictly follows portion sizes, food quality and nutrition standards set by the USDA for the National School Lunch and National School Breakfast programs.

(Biteback, # 25), concerning his forebears, family, national service and career in farming, business and politics, is more Downton Abbey than Westminster.

Mr Abbey was widely considered as a New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporter but switched to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) when President Mahama, who is a personal friend to him was sworn in as president after the demise of the Professor John Evans Atta Mills.

Elizabeth «Abbey» L. Paulson will study the «Environmental DNA analysis of soil and intertidal communities and freshwater habitat connectivity in Acadia National Park.»

Philippon explores the influence of five writers whose work helped shape important conservation organizations: Teddy Roosevelt (Boone & Crockett Club), Mabel Osgood Wright (National Audubon Society), John Muir (Sierra Club), Aldo Leopold (Wilderness Society), and Ed Abbey (Earth First!).

Sandstone Sojourns Arches National Park, Utah Famed environmental advocate and essayist Edward Abbey lived and worked in Utah's Arches National Park as a ranger in the 1950s.

I went mainly because I was impressed by Miss Felicity Jones» performance in Northanger Abbey (shown on Dutch National Television quite some time ago) and quite enjoyed this movie.

Its three - night debut in December 2010 brought unflattering comparisons to Downton Abbey, a fate also likely to greet the imminent series two thanks to Downton's booming national - treasure status.

Osbourne F. Abbey Jr. was recently elected to the positions of secretary of the National Child Care Association and vice president of the Early Care and Education Consortium.

However, classic tourist attractions like Big Ben, Changing the Guard ceremony, Abbey Road, and all of Britain's national museums are free!

Travel west towards Clifden before a visit to Kylemore Abbey in the heart of Connemara National Park.

A few kilometres from the spectacular Marmore waterfalls and Lake Piediluco, within the River Nera Regional Park, The Relais of St. Peter's Abbey has been a national monument, thanks to the precious frescos and Roman remains.

Anna was commissioned by Beacon Art Project to produce a work for «Profusion» one of 10 artists exhibited at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire a National Trust property in 2010.

Fred Cuming studied at Sidcup School of Art from 1945 to 1949 and, having completed his National Service, went on to study at the Royal College of Art from 1951 to 1955, where he gained a Rome Scholarship and an Abbey Minor Scholarship.

The project is near the Oka National Park in Greater Montreal, with land contributed by the Oka Abbey, the municipality of Oka, the municipality of Blainville, and local landowners.

Author: Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams is a national class action and complex litigation law firm in New York City.

In the art and culture category, they suggest visiting the many Chateaux of France including: The Duke of Burgundy Route, Carcassonne Castles, Domaine national de Chambord, Chantilly Estate, and Burgundy Fontenay Abbey.

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