Credit Hire

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

Credit Hire Barristers

Juniors (15 years +)

Roger André

Call 1999

Dr Russell Wilcox

Call 2000

Simon Trigger

Call 2000

Bernard Pressman

Call 2004

Roderick Abbott

Call 2006

Robert Parkin

Call 2009

Tom Collins

Call 2010

William Dean

Call 2011

Conor Kennedy

Call 2011

Juniors

Kerry Nicholson

Call 2015

Dominique Smith

Call 2016

Thomas Yarrow

Call 2018

Louise Thomson

Call 2019

Imogen Todd

Call 2020

Bethany Hutchison

Call 2021

Charlie Stonehill

Call 2021

Pupils

Directors

Michael Goodridge

Director of Clerking & Business Development

Senior Clerks & Practice Directors

Clark Chessis

Senior Clerk

David Barrow

Practice Director

Jaime Brooks

Practice Director

Senior Practice Manager

Phillip Austin

Senior Practice Manager

Practice Managers

Matthew Shepherd

Practice Manager

Jamie Moylan

Practice Manager

Deputy Practice Managers

George Housden

Deputy Practice Manager

Jay Levell

Deputy Practice Manager

Assistant Practice Managers

Lily Mason

Assistant Practice Manager

Junior Clerk

Ronnie Scarlett

Junior Clerk

Latest News & Events

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Deka Chambers is delighted to be shortlisted in the following categories at the Legal Cheek Awards 2026 The Legal Cheek Awards 2026 will take place at Kings Place, London, on Thursday 14 May 2026.

Charlie Stonehill joins us as a tenant

Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Charlie Stonehill joins us as a tenant from today, 7 January 2026, having accepted an offer of tenancy following successful completion of pupillage. Charlie accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice and regularly appears in court. Before…

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…

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