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Consuming passions—the state of today’s market

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Published on: 01 August 2014
Published by a LexisNexis Financial Services expert

Table of contents

  • All the fun of the unfair
  • A cautious approach
  • FSA compliance trumps unfair relationships

Article summary

Random thoughts on consumer matters by Richard B Mawrey QC. In focus: the state of today’s market.

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