Premium Credit Ltd v Primary Care Management Solutions Ltd & Ors
There is no real prospect of the defendants successfully defending the claims, as the written contracts make clear PCP was not the claimant’s agent and the defendants are primarily liable. Any misrepresentations by PCP cannot bind the claimant, and contractual estoppel bars the defence.
- Parties
- Claimant: Premium Credit Limited; Defendant: Primary Care Management Solutions Limited
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 30 October 2018
- Procedural Posture
- Commercial Debt Recovery / Summary Judgment
- Outcome
- summary judgment for claimant
- Legal Topics
- Agency, Misrepresentation, Contractual Estoppel, Summary Judgment
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Parties
Premium Credit Limited
Claimant
Primary Care Management Solutions Limited
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Commercial Debt Recovery / Summary Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether PCP acted as agent for the claimant in making representations to the defendants
- 2 Whether misrepresentations by PCP can bind the claimant
- 3 Whether the defendants have a real prospect of defending the claim based on alleged misrepresentations
Ratio Decidendi
There is no real prospect of the defendants successfully defending the claims, as the written contracts make clear PCP was not the claimant’s agent and the defendants are primarily liable. Any misrepresentations by PCP cannot bind the claimant, and contractual estoppel bars the defence.
Court Disposition
summary judgment for claimant
Orders
- Summary judgment entered for claimant for the full sum claimed in each case.
- Counterclaims based on misrepresentation dismissed.
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