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Are claims worth over £3bn out of time under the FCA’s proposed motor finance redress scheme?

10 January 2026 / Author(s): Matthew Parker KC
Issue: January 2026 / Categories: Feature
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In its proposed rules for a consumer redress scheme, the Financial Conduct Authority has assumed that few claims will be time-barred on the basis that s 32(1)(b) Limitation Act 1980 (deliberate concealment) will be engaged. In this article, Matthew Parker KC considers the further question of when under that provision the consumer could with reasonable diligence have discovered the relevant facts and the factual issues to which it gives rise.

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