Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank Plc: ChD 30 Jul 1999

The claimants sought an injunction under the regulations to prevent the defendant bank from including in any of its agreements a clause allowing them to claim interest on judgments on regulated agreements.

Judges:

Evans-Lombe J

Citations:

[1999] EWHC Ch 206, [2000] 1 WLR 98

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1994, Consumer Credit Act 1974

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Appeal fromDirector General of Fair Trading v First National Bank Plc CA 15-Sep-1999
A bank had a clause in its standard terms which provided that it could continue to recover interest at the contract rate after judgment for default. The clause was an unfair term. The clause allowed a bank to impose an arrangement for repayment by . .
At First InstanceDirector General of Fair Trading v First National Bank HL 25-Oct-2001
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 . .
CitedOffice of Fair Trading v Foxtons Ltd ChD 17-Jul-2008
Complaint was made that the Foxtons standard terms of acting in residential lettings were unfair. Foxtons objected to the jurisdiction of the Claimant to intervene.
Held: On a challenge to an individual contract, the court would be able to see . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Banking, Consumer

Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.162975