The customer appealed against an order finding that his credit card agreement was binding upon him.
Held: The appeal failed. His argument that the application form amounted only to an invitation to treat, and that the contract was one made by conduct only and therefore not compliant with the 1974 Act, failed. The form was an application for credit: ‘By signing the application form and returning it to the Bank Mr. Brophy applied for credit and offered to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in the form. The form itself made it clear that it contained a request for credit and that the applicant should not sign it unless he was willing to be bound. It cannot therefore be regarded as a mere invitation to treat on his part which might lead the Bank to make him a formal offer of credit. Nor, on the other hand, did it contain an agreement of any kind unless and until it was countersigned by the Bank. The Bank accepted Mr. Brophy’s offer by counter-signing the form, at which point there came into being an executed agreement within the meaning of section 61 of the Act.’ Similarly, applying Hurstanger, the document contained the information required.
Sedley, Moore-Bick, Sullivan LJJ
[2011] EWCA Civ 67, [2011] Bus LR 1004, [2011] ECC 14
Bailii
Consumer Credit Act 1974 61
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Hurstanger Ltd v Wilson 2006
(Coventry County Court) Michael Douglas discussed the 1983 Regulations, saying: ‘The 1983 Regulations prescribe, among other things, the minimum contents of a regulated agreement, the information which must be brought to the attention of the . .
Cited – Wilson and Another v Hurstanger Ltd CA 4-Apr-2007
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 . .
Appeal from – Brophy v HFC Bank QBD 22-Mar-2010
The customer sought to appeal against a finding of liability for the debt on his credit card, and that the credit card agreement which operated between Mr Brophy and the bank for a period of some 14 years, from 1994 to 2008, was a valid and . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Consumer, Banking
Leading Case
Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.428529