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The classification of interest rate swaps as contingent liability cases

20 March 2024 / Author(s): Katherine Ratcliffe
Issue: July-August 2022 / Categories: Feature

In this article, Katherine Ratcliffe summarises Mr Justice Jacobs’ decision in CJ and LK Perks v NatWest Markets [2022] EWHC 726 (Comm) as to when the limitation period for an interest rate swap began and explains why Mr Justice Jacobs’ conclusions are correct.

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