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Creditors `should be fair with IVA acceptance`

22/06/2007

Creditors should act fairly when deciding whether or not to accept an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) from a debtor, it has been claimed.

According to Myvesta UK, "arbitrary rejection rates" from creditors are creating an inequality for consumers who are seeking to reduce their high levels of debt.

An IVA should be a "fair and reasonable repayment proposal", the website says, adding that creditors should be careful not to punish debtors whose offers do not suggest paying back at least 40 per cent over five years.

"These repayment rates that lead to the rejection of perfectly good repayment offers appear to damage consumers," it says.

"It appears that consumers that have had repayment proposals rejected by these `out of the blue` … obstacles would have a reasonable case of pursuing creditors for damages because they were essentially forced to go bankrupt when their reasonable repayment arrangement had been refused."

In related news, potential changes to IVAs, including a standard application process, were recently discussed by Eric Leenders of the British Bankers Association.

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