OFT obtains court order against Middlesbrough businessman

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The OFT has obtained an order from the High Court against Middlesbrough-based businessman Peter Hall.

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OFT obtains court order against Middlesbrough businessman

38/10 1 April 2010
The OFT has obtained an order from the High Court against Middlesbrough-based businessman Peter Hall preventing him from:
a) carrying on consumer credit or ancillary credit business as defined in the Consumer Credit Act and
b) holding himself out as legitimately licensed to engage in consumer credit or ancillary business under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 or
c) engaging in threatening, intimidatory or violent behaviour in connection with his consumer credit or ancillary credit business.
This is an interim enforcement order obtained under the Enterprise Act 2002, and prevents Mr Hall from engaging in these business activities with immediate effect. The OFT has already commenced formal action seeking to revoke Mr Hall's consumer credit licence. Today's order will remain in place until the conclusion of this process or further court order. Mr. Hall has until 20 April 2010 to appeal the court's decision. The OFT has also begun a process by which it intends to ban Mr Hall from engaging in estate agency work.
Mr Hall, who trades as Westminster Services, is a private landlord, estate agent and property management agent who offers credit to tenants living in the properties he manages.
After investigating information received from the North East Illegal Money Lending Team, the OFT concluded that Mr Hall fraudulently obtained a consumer credit licence in September 2007 by failing to declare 23 unspent criminal convictions, including offences of theft, harassment and Grevious Bodily Harm, in breach of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. As a result he was misleading consumers into believing he was a legitimately licensed trader in breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs).


NOTES

1. On 12 March 2010, the OFT issued a 'Minded to Revoke Notice' to Mr Hall, the first step in the process to revoke a consumer credit licence. This action is subject to an Adjudication and Appeals process and does not itself immediately prevent Mr Hall from legitimately engaging in credit business activities.
2. Also on 12 March 2010, the OFT issued a Notice of Proposal to make a Prohibition Order under the Estate Agents Act 1979 to prevent Mr Hall from engaging in estate agency work.
3. The OFT sought and obtained an interim enforcement order on 30 March 2010 under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002 in respect of the breaches of the Consumer Credit Act and the CPRs.

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After investigating information received from the North East Illegal Money Lending Team, the OFT concluded that Mr Hall fraudulently obtained a consumer credit licence in September 2007 by failing to declare 23 unspent criminal convictions, including offences of theft, harassment and Grevious Bodily Harm, in breach of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. As a result he was misleading consumers into believing he was a legitimately licensed trader in breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs).

Well you wouldn't tell them would you? especially if you knew that the OFT wouldn't try and find out this before they gave you the license. :tinysmile_hmm_t2:

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Name Mr Peter Hall Licence Notes:

EvtStageOpen DateNotes 4Minded To Revoke12/03/2010

Categories:

Consumer credit

Right To Canvass Off Trade Premises:No


Trading Name(s) (Current):

Westminster Services

Issued Date: 20-Sep-2007
Expiry Date: 20-Sep-2012


Legal Formation:

Sole Trader

Authorised To Receive Documents:

Name Mr Peter Hall

Current Address(es):

Address TypeAddress Accept Notices/Documents79, Chippenham Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, Cleveland, TS4 3NT Correspondence79, Chippenham Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, Cleveland, TS4 3NT, United Kingdom Principal Place Of Business50, Broughton Avenue, MIDDLESBROUGH, Cleveland, TS4 3PZ, United Kingdom


PH FOODS (NORTH EAST) LIMITED