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MCOB 2.6 Exclusion of liability

Purpose

26/06/2026G

In accordance with  Principle 6 (Customers' interests) and the Consumer Duty (as applicable), a firm may not exclude the duties it owes or the liabilities it has to a customer under the regulatory system. It may exclude other duties and liabilities only if it is reasonable for it to do so.

Limits on the exclusion of liability

31/10/2004R

A firm must not, in any written or oral communication, seek to exclude or restrict, or to rely on any exclusion or restriction of, any duty or liability it may have to a customer under the regulatory system.

31/10/2004R

A firm must not, in any written or oral communication to a customer, seek to exclude or restrict, or to rely on any exclusion or restriction of, any duty or liability not referred to in MCOB 2.6.2 R unless it is reasonable for it to do so.