Subjects:

Banking and Finance, Property Law

In the post-O'Brien world, practitioners must remain alert to defendant's tactics and have access to a range of counter-strategies. Those acting for banks and other lending institutions in mortgage litigation will find a ready and reliable companion in this work.

Areas covered are those which tend to arise most frequently in the course of a mortgagee's possession action:

• defeating Barclays Bank v O'Brien defences;
• defeating claims linked to O'Brien defences;
• defeating forgery defences;
• defeating overriding interests;
• defeating defences under the Consumer Credit Act 1974; essential procedure.

Included also are example expert reports in forgery and extortionate credit bargain cases. This book is ideal for the solicitor seeking a first point of reference or a quick revision of the relevant law. Barristers should find the emphasis on recent and unreported case law in this fast-developing area of practice useful.