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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will implement transitional arrangements for charging case fees to financial businesses before introducing fees for professional representatives from 1 April 2025.

The Supreme Court’s hearing on the motor finance judgment from October is taking place next week. The appeal will run from 1-3 April with a ruling expected in the weeks that follow. The case and its ongoing impact on the sector will lead the agenda of the first Compliance Forum of 2025, taking place on 28 May.

Since the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched its review into discretionary commission arrangements (DCAs), a ruling by the Court of Appeal found in favour of the consumers in three cases relating to commission disclosure. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s judgment in early April. The FCA has been granted permission to intervene in the case and have filed a submission with the Court.

The Financial Conduct Authority is carrying out an information gathering exercise to help understand the impact of the judgment on both individual firms and on the sector. It will shortly be issuing a data request to a number of motor finance lenders to obtain details of their non-discretionary commission arrangements.

The Financial Times has reported that the Treasury has approached the Supreme Court with regards to the upcoming commissions disclosure appeal.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that motor leasing will be included in the commission complaints extension period

Permission has been granted for the three motor finance cases from 25 October’s ruling to be appealed. The Court of Appeal found in favour of the consumer in all three cases, with the rulings causing fundamental questions about the future of financing to be raised.

The High Court has found in favour of the consumer when reviewing a case relating to Discretionary Commission Arrangements (DCA). The case is not directly related to the separate the Court of Appeal rulings from 25 October (which were recently granted permission to appeal by the Supreme Court).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now closed its consultation relating to temporary changes to handling rules for motor finance complaints. It will determine what is deemed in scope of the freeze.

The vehicle rental and leasing sector is seeing its optimism and enthusiasm for 2025 shackled by tax rises on top of regulatory and ZEV Mandate uncertainty. That is according to the BVRLA’s latest Industry Outlook Report, which shows that members are expecting somewhat of a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ year in 2025. 

The inaugural meeting of the BVRLA’s Commissions Working Group took place last week. Chaired by the BVRLA, the group was attended by representatives from across leasing broker and funder members and aims to facilitate cross-sector collaboration.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the details and timings of its consultation on extending the time motor finance firms have to handle commission complaints. The consultation was announced last week and requests responses by 5 December 2024.