When does a solicitor’s business model become an economic tort? When might financial institutions have a remedy against solicitors (allegedly) bringing indiscriminate consumer claims without any due diligence?
Simon Wilton KC and Simon Howarth KC analyse the decision in Vanquis Bank v TMS Legal Limited [2025] EWHC 1599 (KB) in which the bank fought back and argued the solicitors had committed the economic tort of causing loss by unlawful means.
