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    Belsner v Cam Legal Services

    The result of a new hearing of Belsner v Cam Legal Services on 11 July 2022, which centres on the issue of informed consent ...

    What will the introduction of the new Fixed Costs Regime mean for solicitors and clients?

    The starting point is of course always the Rules themselves – these are set out in terms of inter-partiesrecovery in the new ...

    The Implications of Humayum Hussain v Eui Ltd

    Claims for credit hire for taxi drivers has always been a contentious issue between claimant solicitors and insurance ...

    Bailee in Posession & Credit Hire

    Introduction It is quite common for a person driving someone else's vehicle to be involved in a road traffic accident. ...

    Quantifying Whiplash and Non-Whiplash injuries together after 31 May 2021

    HASSAM, LADITAN, RABOT & BRIGGS – Quantifying Whiplash and Non-Whiplash injuries together after the 31 May 2021 Whiplash ...

    Past Consideration & Credit Hire

    Past consideration arguments in credit hire involves an everyday and common situation. In this situation, the claimant ...

    Does Mehmood v AIG Europe Ltd and Simpson [2023] EW Misc 1 (CC) make any difference to taxi credit hire claims?

    I would not normally write an article on a non-binding credit hire decision but I will make an exception in the case of ...

    The Implications of Vamsi Putta v Royal Sun Alliance PLC [2020] EWCH 117

    The case of Vamsi Putta and Royal Sun Alliance Plc [2020] EWCH 117 ( “Putta”) is a case which is often cited in defences. ...

    The Implications of Copley v Lawn

    Julia Copley v Kenneth Lawn Ian Maden v D. Haller [2009] EWCA Civ 580 (thereafter referred to as “Copley v Lawn”) was a ...

    How does a hire agreement become regulated under the Consumer Credit Act 1974?

    The question of “How does a hire agreement become regulated under the Consumer Credit Act 1974” may appear to be simple. It ...

    Transparency, Accountability, Clarity, Justice and Efficiency: Suggested Changes to Credit Hire

    The so-called credit hire “wars” have been raging for over two decades now. Like most wars, it has simply led to mistrust, ...

    Does Dimond v Lovell Need to be Revisited?

    It’s been well over 20 years since the well-known case of Dimond v Lovell [2000] 2 All ER 897. However, in the light of the ...

    Courtesy Cars & Credit Hire

    The issue of courtesy cars and credit hire often comes to light in court cases. This is the typical scenario: the claimant ...

    The Implications of Bunting v Zurich [2020] EWHC 1807 (QB)

    There is yet another case on credit hire. Sometimes great interest is taken even in county court cases, and here we have a ...