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Diary entries by alexh on Tue 15th May 2007

This isn't so good: it looks like the first significant resistance against the growing anti-bank charges movement has been encountered in the form of District Judge Cook, reports the BBC. A customer of Lloyds TSB, Kevin Berwick, was claiming £2,545 from the bank in overdraft charges he said were illegal.

Judge Cook stated that the fees were "legitimate fees for servicing an overdrawn account".

More information from BBC News, here.

Oh, bugger...

UPDATE: it seems the claim was for overdraft fees, not bank charges levied for unauthorised transactions, so things still look reasonably good people claiming for bank charge refunds from unauthorised transactions.



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about me

"Grumpy, geeky old grey-head"

'Ello! I'm Alex, and I'm one of the mysterious and slightly-shady figures know as "Sabbatical Officers" - my job title is something like Media Whore, and I divide my time equally between upsetting students, annoying staff members, tweaking the UP ... (read more).

my degree

BSc (Hons) eCommerce & Internet Systems (I got a Desmon)