Sure Bets and Cunning Plans: Investor Remedies under the UK FInancial Services and Markets Act 2000

Francis Tregear QC and Sarah Bayliss consider in this article, in the wake of the credit crunch, some of the ways in which the regulatory regime set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) might complement other English law remedies available to individuals caught up in disputes about investment opportunities that ‘could not (but somehow did) fail’.

The article concentrates on recent developments in two areas:

(1) client money; and

(2) claims by private individuals against investment counterparties and professionals.