The Co-operative Bank's groundbreaking "bail-in" recapitalisation faces its final hurdle today, with a hearing in the UK High Court to sanction the deal. Financial News talks to one of the people who made it possible — Mark Taber, lead representative of 13,000 retail bondholders — about lessons learned.

Financial News: You have been involved with several campaigns on behalf of small investors in UK bank and building societies' debt over the past few years. How did you get into this?