Roughly 50% of the credit hire trials I have fought, have involved the claimant giving evidence…
Year: 2019
Declarations and the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
In the last few months, there has been a rush of actions for declarations under section…
Non disclosure and fundamental dishonesty
One of the obligations that a court often imposes upon a claimant by way of case…
The undiscovered country
QOCS like so many areas of costs litigation, could be described as the gift that never…
Robert De Niro’s Waiting…
Another old chestnut that arises from time to time, are credit hire claims involving taxis or…
Thinking fast thinking slow
For many years I have had an interest in behavioural psychology. The field is closely related…
Smokers and bangers
No income tax, no VAT, No money back, no guarantee Black or white, rich or poor,…
Raise the Titanic!
If the Liesbosch lies at “full fathom five” and is beyond salvage, the question may be…
Sink the Liesbosch!
The credit hire industry apparently rests lightly on the foundations of a 3 to 2 majority…
Growing old
One of the pleasures of growing old, is the realisation that time is circular and one…