Partner Tracey Dovaston spoke with Law360 about the FCA’s recent decision to ‘name and shame’ a company in a test case ruling.
In R (CIT) v FCA [2025] EWHC 2614 (Admin), the High Court rejected the anonymised company’s judicial review application, finding that the FCA’s decision-making process and outcome in the case were reasonable in taking consumer protection into account. Judge Michael Fordham supported the regulator’s decision to name and shame the company under exceptional circumstances.
Tracey said “Firms need to think ahead and be on the front foot at the outset of any investigation, and in particular be strategically coordinated with their communications teams.”
