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Throughout the year, The Barrister Group will be hosting a series of webinars with our specialist barristers on specific areas of commercial law.
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Credit hire is supposedly a very well-known subject area. The words credit hire mean different things to people. Whilst not a dictionary definition of the words “credit hire”, the ...
The case of Diriye v Bojaj [2021] 1 WLR 1277 is a Court of Appeal case and therefore should be seriously considered. I have often heard this case being cited by barristers and ...
One of the key issues in almost any credit hire case is the issue of impecuniosity. There were many early challenges to credit hire on the basis that the agreement was ...
In this seminar, barristers Richard O'Dair and Simon McCrossan will examine whether and to what extent employees can ask their employer to restrict freedom of belief on the ...
Although living conditions in England and Wales have vastly improved over the past hundred years, it is a sad fact that hundreds of thousands of rented homes still suffer from ...
In credit hire cases, it is not an entirely an uncommon situation for a claimant not to have a valid MOT for the vehicle which is involved in the road traffic accident.
Family breakdown in the UK has reached epidemic proportions. The family courts are bursting at the seams with parents seeking family justice, especially for their children. The ...
In my recent experience of Stage 3 hearings, whilst the non-binding County Court decision of Blair v Jaber [2023] EW Misc 3 (CC) and the introduction to the Judicial College ...
The Court of Appeal decision of Bee v Jenson [2008 R.T.R.7] was reported over 13 years ago. I recall there was a lot of discussion in the credit hire world at the time about the ...
Central to the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (hereinafter mainly referred to as the “Act”) is the word “credit”. There is however scant attention paid to what “credit” is under the ...
The concepts of loss and hire have always been intertwined. From my experience, the easiest way to understand hire is to approach it at the outset from understanding whether there ...
Credit hire, insured hire and subrogation are three areas that have manifested in the field of hire generally. There can be considerable confusion between the three and it is not ...
Insured hire subrogation is a topic which has been a live issue for as long as I have been in practise. The issues may have changed in this area, over the years. I recall that it ...
This note discusses the UK’s subsidy control regime and how The Barrister Group (“TBG”) may be able to assist public authorities, businesses and other clients in relation to ...
In almost every credit hire case, the defence will plead “ex turpi causa non oritur action”. This translates into English as “no cause of action arises from illegal or flagrantly ...
In the world of law, the path to becoming a barrister is often described as a challenging yet rewarding journey. However, for many aspiring legal professionals, the road can ...
