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Credit Hire: Defendants in pole position as Court of Appeal gives objective test for basic hire rates
Patrick West looks at the latest guidance from the Court of Appeal on basic hire rates in credit hire cases ‘The key issue for the parties in such cases will be to ensure they have a credible rates survey before the court to persuade it that their rates are more representative.’Not for the first time …
Cases Referenced
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- Bee v Jenson [2006] EWHC 3379 (Comm)
- Bee v Jenson [2007] EWCA Civ 923
- Dimond v Lovell [2000] UKHL 27
- Lagden v O'Connor [2002] EWCA Civ 510; [2003] UKHL 64
- Marcic v Davies (1985) unreported, 20 February, CA
- Pattni v First Leicester Buses Limited; Bent v Highways and Utilities Construction [2011] EWCA Civ 1384
- Stevens v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 93