The Financial Claims Specialisthttp://www.portalclaims.com/ As you will be aware, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has lost the court case to get bank charges back, http://www.portalclaims.com/news/bank-charges--what-next.aspx A Supreme Court judgement has struck a grievous blow to the hopes of millions of bank customers to be refunded billions of pounds in bank charges. http://www.portalclaims.com/news/banks-win-supreme-court-case.aspx The latest stage of the battle over overdraft charges will take place later this month, with a date now set for a judgement by the Supreme Court. http://www.portalclaims.com/news/date-set-for-bank-fees-decision.aspx The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told banks and other lenders to compensate customers who may have been mis-sold payment protection insurance. http://www.portalclaims.com/news/fsa-orders-insurance-compensation-.aspx Experts say the figures prove that some institutions are systematically rejecting PPI claims irrespective of their validity. http://www.portalclaims.com/news/banks-outrage-consumer-groups-over-ppi-complaints.aspx The reason is more to do with our high street banks' court battle against the Office of Fair Trading on whether the penalty fees for unauthorised borrowing are unfair. http://www.portalclaims.com/news/natwests-retreat-on-overdraft-charges.aspx There are 1.1m bank charge reclaims stuck on hold since the bank charges waiver was introduced in 2007 http://www.portalclaims.com/news/-million-bank-charge-claims-on-hold.aspx How long is it reasonable to wait for a complaint against a bank or building society to be resolved - two months, six months or, at a stretch, a year? http://www.portalclaims.com/news/couples-mortgage-endowment-misselling-claim-battle-takes-five-years.aspx The OFT will still pursue bank overdraft charges as unfair, even if it loses the current legal appeal in the House of Lords. http://www.portalclaims.com/news/oft-vows-to-pursue-bank-charges--bbc.aspx Banks have been given permission by the House of Lords to appeal against a recent Appeal Court judgement http://www.portalclaims.com/news/bank-charges-case-to-go-to-appeal--times-online.aspx An appeal by eight banks, against a High Court ruling that a regulator can investigate the fairness of http://www.portalclaims.com/news/bank-charges-appeal-is-thrown-out--bbccouk.aspx Financial regulators have stepped up their efforts to end the sale of single premium payment protection http://www.portalclaims.com/news/fsa-steps-up-campaign-on-ppi-products--ftcom.aspx Customers who reclaim mis-sold loan insurance from banks and other lenders are being warned not to accept http://www.portalclaims.com/news/-banks-fobbing-off-ppi-misselling-complaints-with-goodwill-payments--observer.aspx The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) says it deals with more than 800 complaints a week about payment http://www.portalclaims.com/news/loan-insurance-complaints-rising--bbccouk.aspx