Judges: Brooke LJ, Kay LJ, Sir Christopher Staughton Citations: [2002] EWCA Civ 634 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Credit Act 1974 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Professional Negligence Updated: 23 June 2022; Ref: scu.217027
The parties contracted for the marketing of contracts for the marketing of the defendant’s mobile phone contracts. On the claimant entering administration, the defendant exercised a clause in their contract to terminate the contract. The claimant sought payment of sums remaining due under the contracts entered into by consumers, but the defendant counterclaimed saying that … Continue reading Phones 4U Ltd v EE Ltd: ComC 16 Jan 2018
Claimant’s appeal against the award of statutory interest saying that 3% had not been enough. Citations: [2018] EWCA Civ 87 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Credit Act 1974 40 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Damages, Contract, Consumer Updated: 04 April 2022; Ref: scu.604157
Claim for repayment of the balance of eighteen loans said to have been made to the Defendant. The total loaned was about pounds 1,125,000. Less repayments, and including an additional 10 percent he claims to be entitled to on the money advanced, his claim is for pounds 240,500. Besides putting him to strict proof of … Continue reading Khodari v Al Tamimi: QBD 18 Dec 2008
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The court asked whether a series of smaller loans were governed by the 1974 Act. Three facilities had been provided under one loan agreement. 2 loans were held to be for unrestricted-use credit. Held: Three credit agreements separately signed, but part and parcel of the same transaction counted as one aggregate transaction to determine whether … Continue reading National Westminster Bank Plc v Story and Another: CA 7 May 1999
OFT Claim: The borrowers, Yates and Lorenzelli, alleged (1) that there was an unfair relationship under section 140A of the Consumer Credit Act; (2) that the creditor procured a breach by the broker of the fiduciary duty owed by it to the borrowers by paying to the broker an undisclosed commission; and (3) that the … Continue reading Yates and Lorenzelli v Nemo Personal Finance and Another: 14 May 2010
The borrower had first borrowed money on mortgage (the 1989 loan) to pay off an existing third party mortgage (as well as raising additional funds) and later paid off the new mortgage as part of the process of substituting that mortgage for a different one from the same lender. One issues was whether the 1989 … Continue reading The National Home Loans Corporation v HannahRahman: 1997
The appellant challenged a mortgagee’s possession order saying that the loan agreements sought to be enforced were invalid and the charges unenforceable. The loan had been in two parts. She said that as a multi-part agreement it fell within section 18. Held: The court considered the authorities including an article by Mr Bennion on the … Continue reading Heath v Southern Pacific Mortgage Ltd: ChD 29 Jan 2009
The court considered the effect of an agreement within the 1974 Act falling into more than one category of agreement. Part was used to be used for the repayment of an existing mortgage (restricted use credit), and part was unrestricted. The question . .
References: [1997] CCLR 7 The borrower had first borrowed money on mortgage (the 1989 loan) to pay off an existing third party mortgage (as well as raising additional funds) and later paid off the new mortgage as part of the process of substituting that mortgage for a different one from the same lender. One issues … Continue reading The National Home Loans Corporation v Hannah: 1997
The company sought to enforce its loan agreement and charge over the defendants’ property. The defendants appealed saying that the agreement was unenforceable under the Act, since a commission had been paid to the introducing broker, and his fee had been added to the loan amount. The agreement was a fixed sum credit agreement regulated … Continue reading Wilson and Another v Hurstanger Ltd: CA 4 Apr 2007
The defendant sought to assert that the agreement under which possession of her house was sought was an extortionate credit bargain. She had to obtain leave to appeal out of time. Held: The rules required an application to be supported by evidence. In this case the leave had been granted without formal consideration of the … Continue reading Southern and District Finance Plc v Turner: CA 7 Nov 2003
Time share lettings are not rights in rem. UK consumer law applies to loans made for their purchase, and UK banks are liable for misrepresentations made by foreign companies if they are providing the finance. Judges: Morris Ward, Potter LJJ Citations: Times 18-Nov-1996, Gazette 12-Feb-1997, [1996] EWCA Civ 847, [1999] QB 1, [1997] CLC 391, … Continue reading Jarrett v Barclays Bank Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Jones v First National Bank Plc and Peacock v First National Bank Plc: CA 31 Oct 1996
Issues arose as to whether car hire agreements were exempt from regulation under the Act. They provided that payment was to be made in 12 months ‘from the start of the agreement’. Held: The first question was whether the time by which the hirer was required to make payment coincided with the end of the … Continue reading Thew v Cole; King v Daltray: CA 16 Dec 2003
The respondent was employed as a solicitor to be paid commission on fees paid. She received advances against those payments. She was dismissed after failing to reach the targets. The employer sought repayment of the excess advances. She replied that the payments were Credit, and void under the Act. Held: The agreement did not provide … Continue reading McMillan Williams (a Firm) v Range: CA 17 Mar 2004
Whether the cause of action for the outstanding sums accrued when D first defaulted in his payments or only when D failed to comply with the default notice stipulated by CCA s.87(1) and required by clause 8f of the Agreement. D appealed from a finding against him. Held: The appeal failed. ‘The effect of the … Continue reading Doyle v PRA Group (UK) Ltd: CA 23 Jan 2019
The appellant had entered into a Consumer Credit Agreement with the respondent, but the form signed by him was not the same as that signed by the bank, and it was unenforceable. He fell into arrears. Judges: Lord Dyson MR, Beatson, Briggs LJJ Citations: [2014] EWCA Civ 1413, [2015] 2 All ER (Comm) 465, [2015] … Continue reading Grace and Another v Black Horse Ltd: CA 30 Oct 2014
The OFT appealed a decision denyng that a credit card issuer had connected lender liability in respect of purchase by card holders abroad. Held: The company took the benefit of having its card accepted by suppliers abroad, and therefore also had the liability sought. Judges: Waller, Smith and Moore-Bick LJJ Citations: [2006] EWCA Civ 268, … Continue reading Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank Plc and others: CA 22 Mar 2006
The court considered a case involving the selling of payment protection policies by lenders. The defendants said that since the bank had required them to take out the policy, its cost should have been included in the total charge for credit. Since it had not been, the agreement was irredemably unenforceable. Held: The insurance had … Continue reading Black Horse Ltd v Speak and Another: QBD 21 Jul 2010
The court declined an appeal against an order that copier hire agreements were not regulated under the 1974 Act. Citations: [2008] EWCA Civ 382, [2008] BusLR 1231 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Credit Act 1974 15 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Appeal from – TRM Copy Centres (UK) Ltd and others v Lanwall Services Ltd QBD … Continue reading TRM Copy Centres (UK) Ltd and others v Lanwall Services Ltd: CA 17 Apr 2008
Judges: Hamblen J Citations: [2012] EWHC 2402 (QB), [2013] 1 WLR 693, [2012] CTLC 54, [2013] 1 All ER (Comm) 572, [2012] ECC 23 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Credit Act 1974 141 189 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Consumer Updated: 21 June 2022; Ref: scu.463853
A statement of an APR in the sale of a financial services product remained a price indication, and, if it was miscalculated, that was a misleading price indication, and criminal, despite provisions in the Consumer Credit legislation. What was given was a price under the contract: ‘The total amount payable under the contract which can … Continue reading Regina v Kettering Magistrates’ Court ex parte MRB Insurance Brokers Limited: Admn 4 Apr 2000
The administrative charges for entering into a loan were not to be included in the loan, but rather as an item entering into the total charge for credit. To hold otherwise went against accounting practice, would disguise the cost of the loan, and would be against the spirit of the Act,which was to protect consumers … Continue reading Wilson v First County Trust Ltd (1): CA 3 Nov 2000
The court can exercise the supervisory jurisdiction over consumer contracts under the 1974 Act irrespective of any application made by a party. Judges: Dillon LJ, Ralph Gibson LJ Citations: [1991] 1 All ER 250 Statutes: Consumer Credit Act 1974 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Nolan v Wright ChD 26-Feb-2009 The defendant sought … Continue reading First National Bank Plc v Syed: CA 1991
A rogue had purchased a car, using a false name to obtain finance. He had then sold it to the defendant. The finance company claimed the car back. Held: The dealer had not taken all the steps he might have done to check the identity of the buyer, but Cundy v Lindsay was binding, and … Continue reading Norman Hudson v Shogun Finance Ltd: CA 28 Jun 2001
(Leeds County Court) The defendant sought to escape liability under a consumer credit agreement saying that the bank had failed to provide a true copy of the agreement as required by the Act. Held: A strict requirement that the bank produce the original could work injustice. A photocopy was not necessary and a reconstruction would … Continue reading Lloyds Bank v Mitchell: CC 13 Sep 2009
The respondent appealed against a finding that the provision which made a loan agreement completely invalid for lack of compliance with the 1974 Act was itself invalid under the Human Rights Act since it deprived the respondent lender of its property rights. It was also argued that it was not possible to make a declaration … Continue reading Wilson v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Wilson v First County Trust Ltd (No 2): HL 10 Jul 2003
The defendant appealed against a finding that he was liable under a credit agreement with the plaintiff. The lower court had rejected his argument that the agreement was one cancellable by him under section 67. Held: The defendant’s appeal succeeded. No notification of cancellation rights had been given when the defendant signed up for the … Continue reading Moorgate Services Ltd v Kabir: CA 25 Apr 1995
The court reconsidered the law relating to penalty clauses in contracts. The first appeal, Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi, raised the issue in relation to two clauses in a substantial commercial contract. The second appeal, ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis, raised the issue at a consumer level, with a separate issue under the … Continue reading Cavendish Square Holding Bv v Talal El Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis: SC 4 Nov 2015
(Manchester Mercantile Court) The court considered the effects in detail where a bank was unable to comply with a request under section 78 of the 1974 Act to provide a copy of the agreement signed by the client. Held: The court set out to give guidance on these issues. A photocopy of the signed document … Continue reading Carey v HSBC Bank plc, Yunis v Barclays Bank plc and similar: QBD 23 Dec 2009
Claims for compensation under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 arising from payment protection insurance (‘PPI’) policies taken out at the same time as agreements for credit cards from the Royal Bank of Scotland (‘RBS’). The issues in this appeal are about how the Act in its form as amended on 6 April 2007 applies to … Continue reading Smith and Another v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc: CA 3 Dec 2021
The parties had been involved in a road traffic accident. The defendant drove into the claimant’s parked car. The claimant was unable to afford to hire a car pending repairs being completed, and arranged to hire a car on credit. He now sought payment of the cost of the credit agreement. Held: A negligent driver … Continue reading Lagden v O’Connor: HL 4 Dec 2003
The House was asked whether the liability of a credit card company under the 1974 Act applied where the contract was performed abroad and subject to foreign law. Held: The principle which disapplied an English statute in an extra-territorial situation did not apply where the creditor was within the UK. Section 75(2) is therefore an … Continue reading Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank PlC and Others: HL 31 Oct 2007
The 2008 Order had made retrospective provision as to the duty to furnish certain statements to consumer borrowers. The court was now asked: ‘where a creditor has provided the debtor with a statement which fails to set out the information required by the Regulations (‘a non-compliant statement’), when does the period of non-compliance commence?’ The … Continue reading JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association v Northern Rock (Asset Management) Plc: ChD 19 Feb 2014
The defendant sought to re-open the question of whether the charge under which he might otherwise be liable was an extortionate credit bargain. The creditor said that that plea was time barred. The defendant argued that a finding that the agreement amounted to an extortionate bargain would not be a substantive relief, and was therefore … Continue reading Nolan v Wright: ChD 26 Feb 2009
The defendant was convicted under the 1994 Act of producing counterfeit CDs. He argued that the affixing of the name of the artist to the CD was not a trade mark use, and that the prosecution had first to establish a civil offence before his act could become criminal. The prosecutor appealed the decision of … Continue reading Regina v Johnstone: HL 22 May 2003
The appellants challenged an order for the dissolution of their company under the 2000 Acts. They had provided warranties for assorted consumer electrical goods which amounted to insurance, but said that they were not required to be registered under the Act since only services in kind were ever provided. Held: The appeal failed. The fact … Continue reading Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Ltd and Another v Financial Services Authority: SC 13 Feb 2013
The court was asked to consider whether there was any implied term limiting the power of a mortgagee to set interest rates under a variable rate mortgage. Held: A loan arrangement which allowed a lender to vary the implied rate of interest, included an implied term not to impose an unreasonable or extortionate rate, nor … Continue reading Paragon Finance plc v Nash etc: CA 15 Oct 2001
Each party contracted hire copiers to shops and offices. The claimant said that the defendant had interfered with their contracts by substituting their equipment. The defendants said that the claimants’ contracts were controlled by the 1974 Act, but that the claimant was not registered and could not enforce the agreements. Held: Section 15 regulated agreements … Continue reading TRM Copy Centres (UK) Ltd and Others v Lanwall Services Ltd: HL 17 Jun 2009
Various credit card customers said that the respondent banks had mis-stated the interest rates applied to them, in that the interest charged did not match the APR advertised, and that therefore the agreements were unenforceable. Held: The claimants’ calculations did not apply. The driver of the interest rate was not the statement as to the … Continue reading Sternlight v Barclays Bank Plc: QBD 22 Jul 2010
A claimant sought as part of her damages for the cost of hiring a care whilst her own was off the road after an accident caused by the defendant. She agreed with a hire company to hire a car, but payment was delayed until the claim was settled. Held: The arrangement was a consumer credit … Continue reading Dimond v Lovell: HL 12 May 2000
The House was asked whether a contractual provision for interest to run after judgment as well as before in a consumer credit contract led to an unfair relationship. Held: The term was not covered by the Act, and was not unfair under the Regulations. It was by way of a default condition, rather than a … Continue reading Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank: HL 25 Oct 2001
Transactions were entered into under which loans were made to enable the borrower to acquire and develop certain properties were held to be unenforceable under the 1927 Act. The effect was to enrich the borrower, who had fallen into arrears of payments of interest and moneys due but was successful in his defence that all … Continue reading Orakpo v Manson Investments Ltd: HL 1977
The bank appealed against an order that a consumer credit agreement was unenforceable for failing to meet the requirements. The amount of credit figure had been calculated to include the deferred obligation to pay the broker’s fee. Held: The appeal succeeded. The fee was not part of the amount of credit, but rather of the … Continue reading Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd v Walker and Another: CA 12 Nov 2009
The appellant borrowed a sum from the respondent under a fixed sum credit agreement. A broker administration fee had been advanced to facilitate the loan. The agreement recorded the ‘Amount of Credit’ net of the fee, and the ‘Total Amount Financed’ included the fee. The borrower said the agreement was unenforceable for mis-stating the amount … Continue reading Southern Pacific Securities 05-2 Plc v Walker and Another: SC 7 Jul 2010
The several cases claimed the cost of provision by credit hire companies of car hire and repair services to the innocent victims of road accidents. The transactions were ‘res inter alios acta’ – collateral to the commission of the tort. . .
