Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd and Another: CA 16 Dec 2013

The claimant sought repayment of a personal protection insurance premium paid to her broker. The broker was now in insolvent liquidation, and she sought to recover the premium from the next intermediary.
Held: Any limitation of section 140A(1)(c) to acts or omissions for which the creditor was personally or vicariously responsible would imply that the subsection extended only to breaches of duty under the ICOB rules or the general law. Since the creditor would be legally liable for those anyway, even without section 140A, Mr Elliott’s argument would give section 140A very little additional effect. Briggs LJ considered that unfairness did not have to arise from a breach of duty. He therefore rejected what he called the ‘narrower’ view of the words ‘by or behalf of the creditor’ advanced on behalf of Paragon.

Moses, Beatson, Briggs LJJ
[2013] EWCA Civ 1658, [2014] Bus LR 553, [2013] WLR(D) 500, [2013] CTLC 209, [2014] ECC 10
Bailii, WLRD
Consumer Credit Act 1974 140A 140B 140C 140D
England and Wales
Citing:
BindingHarrison and Another v Black Horse Ltd CA 12-Oct-2011
The appellant sought under section 104A to recover a Payment Protection Insurance premium paid in support of a loan. The borrower dealt directly with the lender, who acted as an intermediary with the insurer. The commission taken by the lender was . .
Appeal fromPlevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd and Another Misc 4-Oct-2012
Manchester County Court – The claimant sought repayment of insurance premiums paid as payment protection insurance when aking out a loan with the defendants as advised by the second defendant. The second defendant was in liquidation by the time her . .

Cited by:
Appeal fromPlevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd SC 12-Nov-2014
PPI Sale – No Recovery from Remote Parties
The claimant sought repayment of payment protection insurance premiums paid by her under a policy with Norwich Union. The immediate broker arranging the loan was now insolvent, and she sought repayment from the second and other level intermediaties. . .

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Financial Services, Consumer

Updated: 27 November 2021; Ref: scu.519007