Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Many credit hire claimants lead lives of quiet desperation. They exist from day to day, week to week on the […]
Appeals and impecuniosity
A key battleground in credit hire claims is the issue of impecuniosity, the resolution of which in a claimant’s favour
Allocation wars
Over the last two decades, there have been at least two great battles on allocation, which form part of the
Old Possum’s Book of Witness Statements
Memory, turn your face to the moonlightLet your memory lead youOpen up, enter inIf you find there the meaning of
Abuse of process
An issue that arises from time to time in credit hire claims is that of abuse of process. The categories
You just can’t get the parts
One of the more frustrating issues for insurance companies facing credit hire claims, has always been how the period of
Credit hire past and credit hire yet to come
Each year, for longer than I care to remember (a further sign of old age) I prepare and write a
Credit hire for tigers
If you want to become a Tiger, you must forget about playing the best moves and concentrate on winning. Simon
Barrister of the Year 2020
Completely out of the blue, and a very pleasant surprise for the end of the year, I found that I
Cab rank principles
Decisions of the Court of Appeal on aspects of credit hire litigation have proved rare recently, and so I was