Credit hire meaning

This Checklist This Checklist helps pinpoint typical recoverable historic financial outgoings and losses (special damages or historic pecuniary losses) arising before trial. It also aids in collating suitable evidence and highlights the questions that commonly emerge when valuing these losses, setting out recurring issues for consideration as appropriate in practice. For additional guidance, see: Past expenses and losses—overview...

Motor Insurers Bureau v Houston [2025] EWHC 3178 (KB) What are the practical implications of this case? Although the outcome may catch seasoned credit hire practitioners off guard, it was driven in large part by the precise language of the debarring order in this case. The order confined any future debarring strictly to the question of rate and made no reference to reliance on impecuniosity for the hire period or for any wider purposes; appellant counsel on appeal suggested this flowed from a legacy version of a standard form. Practitioners familiar with credit hire litigation will know that, more often than not, directions orders bar a claimant from reliance on impecuniosity for all purposes following a failure to provide financial disclosure. Even so, the judgment is a clear reminder that the courts will apply the ordinary and natural meaning to the words of any order, and practitioners should take care to verify the exact wording of a debarring order in every case. That is not, however, to suggest the...

In this issue: Education Social care Public procurement Planning Governance Children's social care Pensions Social housing Healthcare Licensing Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Education Supreme Court holds that statutory religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland school breached human rights (JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant)) In In the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant), the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the appeal advanced by a schoolgirl, JR87, together with her father, against the Department of Education (Northern Ireland). The court determined that delivering religious education and conducting collective worship in Northern Ireland’s controlled schools, as required by the current statutory scheme, violated their rights under Article 2 of Protocol 1 (A2P1) to the European Convention on Human Rights, when read in conjunction with Article 9 ECHR. Victoria Dennis, Educational Law Solicitor at Doyle Clayton, has offered observations on the...

In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Evidence and disclosure Civil appeals New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Consultation CPRC launches consultation on electronic service modernisation for CPR 6 and CPR PD 6A: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has opened a consultation on revisions to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) aimed at updating how documents are served. The exercise suggests two principal amendments to CPR 6 and CPR PD 6A: first, where a legal representative has confirmed authority to take service for a client, they would be obliged to accept service by electronic means without further permission; and second, fax would be withdrawn as a form of electronic service, given email’s predominance. The consultation closes on 12 September 2025. For more information, see: LNB News 04/07/2025 54—CPRC launches consultation on electronic service modernisation for...

PI & Clinical negligence horizon scanner—July 2025 [Archived] ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. It summarises the principal legal developments relevant to personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners as at July 2025. For developments predating this horizon scanner, see PI and Clinical Negligence horizon scanning and key cases—overview. Key PI and clinical negligence developments The personal injury discount rate—a review In late 2024, the Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood MP, revealed the outcome of her five‑month review of the discount rate, initiated in July 2024. One month after the new +0.5% discount rate took effect, Thea Wilson (barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk) assesses its impact on cases, the responses from claimant and defendant representatives, and the consequences of the change for legal practitioners. See News Analysis: The personal injury discount rate—a review. MoJ announces reduction in CFO’s interest rates The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced lower interest rates for the Courts Funds Office’s (CFO) special and basic accounts...

Practice Note This Practice Note consists of two strands created to help dispute resolution practitioners remain up to date with developments in case law that affect their field, or which influence civil litigation procedure more generally: selected forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court are highlighted below; see Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2022 summaries of significant appeal decisions in England and Wales (ie rulings of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and, where appropriate, certain judgments of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Justice of the European Union), and ECtHR, which we have covered; see: Key forthcoming appeal cases—2022 You can navigate this content using the table of contents in the left-hand margin. Alternatively, search this tracker using [CTRL]+[F]. This material is not intended to be a comprehensive register of every appeal or major decision relevant to dispute resolution practitioners. Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2022 Tort and negligence ...

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IN THE COUNTY COURT AT [ insert ] Claim No: BETWEEN [ A.B. ] Claimant-and-[ C.D. ] Defendant PARTICULARS OF CLAIM At the relevant times, the Claimant was the [ owner and ] driver of a [ make, model ] motor vehicle, registration [ insert registration number ], whilst the Defendant was driving a [ make, model ] motor vehicle with registration [ insert registration number ]. [ Details of accident ] [ The Claimant relies upon an admission of liability made by the Defendant/the Defendant’s insurance company on [ insert day/month/year ] ]. [ The accident was caused by the negligence of the Defendant. ] [ PARTICULARS OF NEGLIGENCE ] 3.1 [ particulars relevant to case ] 3.2 [ … ] As a consequence of the Defendant’s negligence, the Claimant [ who was born on [ insert day/month/year ] ] has sustained [ pain, injury, ] loss and...

ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained. In the County Court at [ insert ]Claim No:Between A B Claimant and X Y Defendant Defence It is accepted that the accident identified at paragraph 1 occurred at the time and place stated. For the purposes of these proceedings, it is accepted that the accident was caused by the Defendant’s negligence. The Defendant requires the Claimant to prove all heads of damage alleged. Counter Schedule 3.1 Repairs—The Claimant is required to prove this head of loss. The Defendant notes that no documentary evidence has been provided and requires sight of the same. 3.2 Recovery—The Claimant is required to prove this head of loss. The Defendant notes that no documentary evidence has been provided and requires sight of the same. 3.3 Storage—The Claimant is required to prove this head of loss. The Defendant does not admit and requires the Claimant to prove that it was...

This Agreement is entered into on [ date ] Parties [ insert name of supplier ] [ of OR trading as [ insert trading name ] OR a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ] (the Supplier); and [ insert name of customer ] [ of OR trading as [ insert trading name ] OR a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] ] (the Customer). (Each of the Supplier and the Customer is a party and, collectively, the Supplier and the Customer are the parties.) Background (A) The Supplier carries on the business of hiring [ insert description of Equipment ] to other businesses. (B) The Customer carries on the business of [ insert description ]. (C) The parties agree...