Articles
This site contains a substantial collection of writing on credit hire law and practice, developed over the past decade. The emphasis is practical: what the authorities mean, how the rules operate and where the real risks lie.
The latest specialist analysis appears below. If you are looking for a particular issue, the four gateways provide a quicker route into the archive.
Older articles should be read in the context of the law at the date of publication.
Damages
Impecuniosity, basic hire rates, need, period, mitigation and the recoverable measure of loss.
Agreements & Regulation
Enforceability, contractual liability, misrepresentation, credit hire and credit repair agreements, illegality and regulatory issues.
Evidence & Commercial Vehicles
Witness and documentary evidence, procedure, dishonesty, taxis, private hire vehicles, fleets and profit-earning chattels.
Evidence & procedure · Dishonesty & fraud · Taxi, fleet & commercial
Appeals & Costs
Appellate principles, QOCS, non-party costs orders and the procedural and costs consequences of credit hire litigation.
Recent analysis
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Kung Fu Nights
October has arrived. A season of mists and mellow fruitfulness with cool mornings and misty starts. I am however, currently at home, recovering from minor surgery on my foot, having had the misjudgment to drop a windsurfing board upon it in Rhodes last month. A lesson learned. The burned hand, or in this case, broken…
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The uses of adversity
So Trinity Term draws to an end and the Long Vacation beckons. A very long one for me, as I shall be gone for most of the next two months. This time last year, I was contemplating surgery, and then had two months off work recuperating from my wounds: being deprived in consequence of a…
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Costs and group litigation
On 15th June 2023 Erica Bedford and I will be giving a talk on costs and group litigation. As the blurb has it: In this timely seminar, Andrew Hogan and Erica Bedford consider issues of costs and litigation funding, as they apply to class actions, group litigation and representative actions including retainers, litigation funding, costs budgeting and capping, costs…
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On a pale horse
As long ago as 2009, The Guardian reported that banks and solicitors were charging £1.25 billion per annum for the administration of estates. In 2023, the charges of solicitors and trust corporations which are ultimately paid out of the estate, reducing its ultimate value to beneficiaries are in the spotlight as never before. On 18th…
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Havens of Malta
Easter has now been and gone. I have returned from a very welcome break on the ancient island of Malta. If you have not been, I highly recommend it. The city of Valletta, built as a fortress, five centuries ago and now a World Heritage site, is simply stunning, made out of a warm golden…
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Of herbs and stewed rabbit
Spring has reached the riverlands. Each day the sky seems to become bluer, and the foliage greener. Last month Craig Ralph and I undertook our annual Zoom seminar on Personal Injury Costs. You can watch the recording of it below:
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Personal Injury Costs 2023
On 30th March 2023 Craig Ralph and I are undertaking our latest Zoom seminar. As the blurb has it: Andrew Hogan and Craig Ralph undertake their annual review of current issues in personal injury costs including QOCS, fixed costs, and the hourly rates review, in this timely and engaging seminar, suitable for all levels…
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Unbowed, unbent, unbroken
Following on from the decision of the Court of Appeal in University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust v Harrison [2022] EWCA Civ 660, another division of the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in the case of Excalibur and Keswick Groundworks Limited v McDonald [2023] EWCA Civ 18. This further decision of the Court of…
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