Lee Finch

Practice Areas

Lee is a specialist consumer law barrister with particular expertise in consumer regulatory investigations, regulated financial services work and mis-selling litigation. Lee is often instructed as specialist counsel when consumer issues arise in other areas of law.

Recent clients include large banking institutions, an international airline, a multinational computer manufacturer, major credit providers, two universities, an international leasing company and a leading anti-virus software provider.

Recent court work includes Oxford University Innovation Ltd v Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd [2021] (judgment awaited); CFL Finance Limited v Gertner [2021] EWCA Civ 228; Various v Diamond Resorts [2020]; R (on the application of Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration Limited) v the Financial Ombudsman Service Limited [2020] (Court of Appeal Case Number C1/2018/2892) instructed by the Association of Member-directed Pension Schemes; Boyo v Lloyds Bank plc [2019] EWHC 2279 (QB); and NatWest v Moore & Hegelund [2018] EWHC 1805 (TCC).

Lee is also currently involved in a number of important "test" complaints being reviewed by the Financial Ombudsman Service and subsequent judicial reviews.

Career

Called to the Bar in 2010 (Inner Temple)

Advocacy Trainer (Inner Temple)

Publications

Contributing Editor to the 'Encyclopedia of Financial Services'

Contributing Editor to the Consumer Credit and Consumer Rights Chapters in 'Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice' (2022)

Co-author of 'Mis-selling Financial Services' (2019) (second edition forthcoming)

Regular author of PLC's Regulated Lending Column

Personal

Educated at the University of Durham