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Following detailed submissions and a reserved judgment, DDJ Linwood made a Non-Party Costs Order against a credit hire company with whom the Claimant had incurred hire charges of almost £25,000 that he sought to recover from the First Defendant. His…
Edward Hutchin, instructed by Charles Clayton of Clyde & Co on behalf of Aviva, represented the successful insurers in the committal proceedings against a claimant after he discontinued his claim.The Claimant made claims for personal injuries and credit hire charges…
Fundamental dishonesty in relation to the Claimant’s injury claim led to the dismissal of otherwise recoverable credit hire charges of c.£10k pursuant to s.57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. (James Henry Instructed by Gemma Day of Horwich…
Alex Glassbrook (instructed by Andrew Baker of Horwich Farrelly) represented the successful motor insurer. A claim for credit hire charges exceeding £80,000 had been claimed in relation to a vehicle allegedly damaged beyond use in a road traffic accident, and…
Teare J finds Mr Gentry guilty of deceit and contempt of Court and sentences him to 9 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 2 years Marcus Grant appeared for UK Insurance [“UKI”] in bringing tort of deceit and committal proceedings arising out…
Edward Hutchin, instructed by Andrew Auchterlounie of Keoghs, represented the successful Defendant and his insurers in this significant fraud case. The Claimant claimed damages including a credit hire claim of over £86,000, following a road traffic collision alleged to have…
Sacha Ackland, instructed by Elaine Ibbotson of Keoghs, secured the dismissal of a large credit hire and personal injury claim. The Claimant claimed his motorbike had been knocked over and damaged, and that he had suffered significant injury. The Defendant…
Emma Northey was instructed on a claim which was dismissed. The judge was satisfied that the unusual circumstances in which the hire agreement came into being rendered it unenforceable against the Claimant, meaning that there was no loss to claim…
Claim dismissed. The Defendant’s submissions regarding both rate and period were preferred. The resulting sum was less than the Defendant’s interim payment.
Seven fraudulent ‘slam-on’ claims defeated following a 5-day trial involving telematics ‘black-box’ data. (Instructed by Karen Mann of Greenwoods.)
