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Overview
Chambers has built a strong reputation in defending against credit hire claims. Such claims are often, but not always, linked with Personal Injury or Civil Fraud and Fundamental Dishonesty claims.
Chambers’ expertise covers the Small and Fast Tracks to high value Multi-track claims. Our Credit Hire Team has considerable experience in dealing with evolving credit hire issues such as enforceability disputes, presenting and challenging Basic Hire Rates, duration, need, credibility, loss of profit and impecuniosity.
Members of Chambers are available to deliver training to insurers and solicitors on the issues that commonly occur in credit hire litigation. For further details of training available and/or to discuss your requirements, please contact our marketing team at marketing@dekachambers.com. For details of past training which Members of Chambers have delivered, please see our past webinars.
Credit Hire Expertise
Notable Cases
- Blake & oth v Advantage Insurance & oth (June 2022) Warwick CC
- Zameer v Salah [2020] 3 WLUK 755
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Latest News & Events
Dekinar: Civil Fraud and Credit Hire (Perils of Expert PI Evidence / Credit Hire Update)
In this Dekinar, Roger André talk about the perils of expert evidence by discussing case law and duties of expert witnesses. Robert Parkin’s talk focuses on: – cases relating to the recoverability of credit hire charges as against third parties, – the enforceability of parts…
Simon Trigger successful in obtaining £20,000 Exemplary Damages in Credit Hire Fraud case
Simon Trigger, instructed by Morgan Davies of HF Solicitors, represented Hastings Direct, in the case of Advantage Insurance Company Limited v Arrow Car Hire UK London Ltd and Mr Vinayak Soman. The case concerned motor insurance fraud undertaken by the First Defendant and Second Defendant…
Deka Chambers presents mock trial for Hastings Direct
Yesterday, Deka Chambers, in collaboration with HF, presented a mock trial and an appeal for Hastings Direct in Bexhill. The trial concerned non tariff injury inflation, claims layering and fundamental dishonesty. The proceedings were presented by Roger André, Simon Trigger and Bernard Pressman. Brendan Hill…
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