Andrew Hogan — Credit Hire Barrister

Credit hire litigation and appeals | Taxi, fleet and commercial claims | Agreements, credit repair and regulatory advice | Hailsham Chambers

I advise and represent solicitors, credit hire organisations, insurers and defendants in substantial and difficult credit hire disputes. I also advise on credit hire and credit repair agreements, enforceability, claims management regulation and related consumer credit issues.

“An excellent, thoughtful and effective advocate who is measured and careful.”

Chambers UK

Credit hire cases are often treated as routine motor claims. The difficult ones are not.

A substantial credit hire dispute can turn on financial evidence, rate evidence, need, period, mitigation, enforceability, witness evidence and procedure. A taxi or fleet claim may add questions of business loss and profit-earning chattels. An adverse judgment may raise an appellate point. The value of specialist input is in identifying which issues actually matter, and dealing with them early enough.

How I can help

The hire claim is substantial and the evidence is difficult

I advise, draft and appear in substantial or difficult claims involving impecuniosity, rates, need, period, mitigation, enforceability, evidence, procedure and dishonesty.

The judgment may need to be appealed

I advise on prospects, permission, grounds of appeal, respondent’s notices and appellate strategy, and appear for appellants and respondents in credit hire appeals.

The claim involves a taxi, fleet or profit-earning vehicle

I act in substantial claims concerning taxis, private hire vehicles, fleets, specialist vehicles, profit-earning chattels, loss of profits and complex quantum.

The agreement or business model needs scrutiny

I draft and review credit hire and credit repair agreements and advise on enforceability, contractual structure, claims management regulation and related consumer credit issues.

Why instruct me?

I have practised at the Bar since 1996 and have worked with credit hire law since before Dimond v Lovell. My work includes trials, substantial and difficult claims, appellate advocacy, agreement and enforceability issues, and the costs consequences of credit hire litigation.

I act across the market for claimants and defendants, solicitors, credit hire organisations and insurers. That matters because the same evidence and authorities look different depending on which side of the dispute one stands.

I also write extensively about credit hire law and practice. The articles on this site provide a specialist archive of the law as it has developed over the past decade.

Need advice on a credit hire issue?

For availability, fees or urgent instructions, please contact my clerks at Hailsham Chambers. If there is a hearing or appeal deadline, identify it at the start.