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Published on November 1, 2011
Contractual Estoppel – Testing the Banks’ Position

At the end of August 2011, Sky News reported that an undercover investigation by its journalists had discovered evidence that high street banks had deliberately and consistently mis-sold derivative products to unsophisticated investors, leaving them with crippling debts when interest rates fell as a result of the financial crisis.

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