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Can I claim for PPI mis selling after my IVA has finished?

Can I claim for PPI mis selling after my IVA has finished?

Claim for PPI mis selling after IVA finishedIf you have finished your Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) it is possible to make claims for PPI mis selling. Even if your Arrangement finished some years ago you can now make PPI claims which could be worth £1000s.

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The deadline for claiming for PPI was 29th August 2019. If you did not make your claims before that date you are no longer eligible. No new PPI claims can now be submitted.

Are you allowed to claim for PPI Mis Selling after an IVA?

If your IVA has finished this means that any outstanding debt you owed to the banks has been written off. However this does not change the fact that you may have been mis sold PPI before your Arrangement started. As such you can now make a claim.

The mis selling of PPI is a separate issue to whether or not you only part paid back your debt. In the same way as if you had paid off your debt in full your claim must still be considered. Compensation must be paid if you were mis sold.

Before starting any claims you must have your Compeletion Certificate . Before then your Arrangement is not formally completed. Any compensation would still have to be paid to your IVA company.

Will Banks pay the PPI Mis Selling compensation you are due?

If you claim for mis sold PPI after you have been through an IVA it is highly likely that the banks you claim against will tell you that they do not have to pay you the compensation you are awarded. They will use two main arguments to prevent you from getting your money.

The Off-Set argument – Firstly the bank may say that the money should be kept by them to off-set the outstanding debt that they are still owed because you went through an IVA.

The unrealised Asset argument – Secondly they may argue that the compensation you are due is an unrealised asset (or an after acquired asset) of your Arrangement. As such they claim it should be paid directly to your old IVA company.

Should you get help from a Claims Management Company?

If you are dealing with your PPI claims yourself and the banks refuse to pay your compensation to you it is unlikely you will get your money.

You can escalate a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman. However if upheld they are still likely to say take the side of your Insolvency Practitioner.

For this reason if you are claiming after an IVA it is best to consider working with a claims management company. You will have to pay a fee for this. However you should not be charged unless you receive any compensation you are due.

You should use a specialist claims company who understands the implications of you having been in an IVA and who will not charge you unless any compensation due is actually paid you to.

What are your options for PPI Mis Selling if you are still in an IVA?

Any compensation paid to you while your IVA is still running is a windfall. As such it has to be paid into the Arrangement. Given this if possible it is best to delay making your claims until after it is finished.

Having said that your IVA company may require you to authorise them to make claims on your behalf. If this happens you cannot refuse. You are obliged to cooperate with them to ensure you maximise the amount you pay back to your creditors.

If you were asked to claim for PPI mis selling during your IVA you may still be due compensation that has not yet been paid.

If you believe your IVA company made claims on your behalf during the Arrangement it is still sensible to review your options after it is completed. It is possible that the claims were not investigated properly. In addition you can still make claims against debts that were not included such as debts paid before it started.

32 thoughts on “Can I claim for PPI mis selling after my IVA has finished?

  1. Geoffrey mc bride says:

    I applied for the the ppi before I started the iva like 1 year before that was in 2011 I went into the iva in the year 2012 and it was completed in 2018 now I have just word from Tesco’s 2022 yes I know long time it took but anyway the iva says its there money omg £734 so that’s the part I don’t understand

    1. James Falla says:

      Hi Geoffrey

      Even though your IVA is now completed, the PPI compensation you have been awarded will probably still have to be paid to your IVA company. This is because the compensation is awarded for something that happened before your IVA. If the bank has paid the IVA company and they say they are keeping the money, there is nothing you can do to change this.

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