RTAs: Comprehensive insurance, courtesy cars and credit hire

Andrew Hogan examines issues regarding mitigation ‘Those representing claimants have argued successfully that because independently purchased insurance benefits are to be regarded as res inter alios acta, they may not be relied upon by a defendant tortfeasor to reduce or extinguish his liability to the claimant.’ Some credit hire claims, particularly where the claimant is …
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Quantum: Minimising the value of special damages claims

Ben Hicks offers tips to defendants on how to attack schedules of loss ‘A counter schedule is the defendant’s opportunity to present its own interpretation of the evidence and to put forward its own calculation and assessments of the value of the claim.’ Whilst trite, it is worth starting any consideration of how to successfully …
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