The Court of Appeal (CoA) in Angel & Ors v Black Horse Ltd [2025] EWHC 490 (KB) has overturned the case management decision taken at first instance that the eight claim forms covering 5,800 claimants could not be...
Category - Asset & Motor Finance
Motor finance commissions and lender liability: the story so far
Amid reports that now HM Treasury is seeking to intervene in the Supreme Court case, read our article summarising what’s happened so far…..
FCA to extend DCA complaint “pause” period
The FCA plans to extend the “pause” to the time firms have to respond to complaints about motor finance involving discretionary commission arrangements., to 4 December 2025. It says it has taken longer than...
FOS publishes plans and budget for next phase
The FOS has published its finalised Plans and Budget for the next phase of its transformation. It expects to receive a greater number of complaints in the coming year, and anticipates 210,000 complaints in its caseload...
FLA launches accreditation service
FLA’s new Broker Accreditation (Asset Finance) Service will help brokers show they are compliant with FLA’s Business Finance Code and their regulatory obligations. It also says the accreditation, which...
PRA’s observations post-administration of the Arena Holdings Group of companies
Following the administration of Arena Holdings Group of companies, the PRA asked banks to provide details of lessons learnt from that event. The PRA has conducted a cross-firm review of banks’ lessons learnt and...
FCA confirms cessation of 1 and 6 month synthetic sterling LIBOR at end-March 2023
FCA required IBA to continue its publication of 1-, 3- and 6-month sterling and yen LIBOR settings for an additional year after end-2021. Following FCA’s consultation earlier this year, the majority of respondents...
FOS publishes latest complaints data
FOS has published its latest quarterly data on complaints in relation to financial products. The data covers the period of April to June 2022, and can be accessed in full as a spreadsheet. Over the period, the average...
Coronavirus: Draft relief for Motor Finance Customers
The FCA published draft relief measures for customers with motor finance agreements today. It is looking for feedback on the measures to be sent to FCAconsumercredit@fca.org.uk by 5pm on Monday 20 April. Who does the...
FCA consults on motor finance commission bans
FCA is consulting on changes to its rules that would ban the way in which car retailers and other motor finance brokers receive commission. It is concerned at practices that link commission to the interest rate...
FCA writes to P2P platforms on wind-down plans
FCA has written a Dear CEO letter to loan-based P2P crowdfunding platforms asking them to review their wind-down arrangements. It has recently carried out a sampling exercise which it says strongly suggests that some...