Consumer Credit Act 1974 (2024)

  • EXAMPLES

  • Example 1

  • Facts.Correspondence passes between an employee of a moneylending company (writing...

  • Analysis.The correspondence constitutes antecedent negotiations falling within section 56(1)(a), the...

  • Example 2

  • Facts.Representations are made about goods in a poster displayed by...

  • Analysis.The representations in the poster constitute antecedent negotiations falling within...

  • Example 3

  • Facts.Discussions take place between a shopkeeper and a customer about...

  • Analysis.The discussions constitute antecedent negotiations falling within section 56(1)(c), the...

  • Example 4

  • Facts.Discussions take place and correspondence passes between a secondhand car...

  • Analysis.The discussions and correspondence constitute antecedent negotiations in relation both...

  • Example 5

  • Facts.E agrees to sell to F (an individual) an item...

  • Analysis.This is a credit-sale agreement (see definition of “credit-sale agreement...

  • Example 6

  • Facts.The G Bank grants H (an individual) an unlimited overdraft,...

  • Analysis.Although the overdraft purports to be unlimited, the stipulation for...

  • Example 7

  • Facts.J is an individual who owns a small shop which...

  • Analysis.Although the agreement appears to provide unlimited credit, it is...

  • Example 8

  • Facts.U, a moneylender, lends £500 to V (an individual) knowing...

  • Analysis.Although this appears to fall under section 11(1)(b), it is...

  • Example 9

  • Facts.A agrees to lend B (an individual) £4,500 in nine...

  • Analysis.This is a cash loan and is a form of...

  • Example 10

  • Facts.C (in England) agrees to bail goods to D (an...

  • Analysis.This is a hire-purchase agreement with a deposit of £1,000...

  • Example 11

  • Facts.X (an individual) borrows £500 from Y (Finance). As a...

  • (a) to execute a second mortgage on his house in...

  • (b) to take out a policy of insurance on his...

  • In accordance with the loan agreement, the policy is charged...

  • Analysis.The second mortgage is a transaction for the provision of...

  • Example 12

  • Facts.The N Bank agrees to lend O (an individual) £2,000...

  • Analysis.The agreement is a consumer credit agreement by virtue of...

  • Example 13

  • Facts.Q, a debt-adjuster, agrees to pay off debts owed by...

  • Analysis.This is an agreement to refinance existing indebtedness of the...

  • Example 14

  • Facts.On payment of £1, S issues to T (an individual)...

  • AnalysisThe trading check is a credit-token falling within section 14(1)(b)....

  • Example 15

  • Facts.A retailer L agrees with M (an individual) to open...

  • Analysis.This agreement provides credit falling within the definition of running-account...

  • Example 16

  • Facts.Under an unsecured agreement, A (Credit), an associate of the...

  • Analysis.This is a credit-token agreement falling within section 14(1)(a) and...

  • Example 17

  • Facts.The manager of the C Bank agrees orally with D...

  • Analysis.In drawing the cheque D, by implication, requests the Bank...

  • Example 18

  • Facts.F (an individual) has had a current account with the...

  • Analysis.It might well be held that the agreement with F...

  • Example 19

  • Facts.H (a finance house) agrees with J (a partnership of...

  • Analysis.This is a personal running-account credit agreement (see sections 8(1)...

  • Example 20

  • Facts.K (in England) agrees with L (an individual) to bail...

  • Analysis.This is not a hire-purchase agreement (see paragraph (b) of...

  • Example 21

  • Facts.The P Bank decides to issue cheque cards to its...

  • Analysis.The agreement under which the cheque card is issued to...

  • Example 22

  • Facts.The facts are as in Example 16. On one occasion...

  • Analysis.In exceeding his credit limit B, by implication, requests A...

  • Example 23

  • Facts.Under an oral agreement made on 10th January, X (an...

  • Analysis.The agreement of 10th January is a consumer credit agreement...

  • Example 24

  • Facts.On 1st March 1975 Z (in England) enters into an...

  • Analysis.When entered into on 1st March 1975, the agreement is...

  • The effect of the modifying agreement of 1st January 1978...

  • The total rental under the modifying agreement is £1,850. Accordingly...

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