Orton (Appellant/Claimant) v Barclays Bank UK Plc t/a Barclaycard (Respondent/Defendant)
Wednesday 8 July 2026
By appellant’s notice filed on 17 April 2025 the Appellant appeals against paragraph 1 of an order of the County Court dated 27 March 2025
The Appellant brought a claim against the Respondent for about £2,750, arguing that he had been treated unfairly because the bank had not told him about commission it received in connection with a PPI policy.
The bank made offers that would have ended the case in small claims court, with each side paying its own costs, but no agreement was reached. Less than two weeks before the trial, the claimant withdrew his claim
The bank asked the court to order the claimant to pay its legal costs, arguing that the Appellant’s conduct was unreasonable. Although parties in the small claims court do not normally have to pay the other side’s legal costs, the judge found that this was one of the rare cases where an exception applied. The claimant appealed that decision, but the appeal judge agreed with the original ruling.