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OverviewIn road traffic claims, insurance companies compensate individuals for loss of use and for damage to a car - in the form of repair and/or a replacement car. Historically this took time - providing an opportunity for an industry for credit hire and credit repair to develop. This industry hires out a replacement car and/or repairs the damaged car of a third party on the basis that the insurer will pay. The insurers have challenged this, most notably in Dimond v Lovell, deciding that the credit hire contract was governed by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and was therefore unenforceable as it breached the Act. It also decided that credit hire rates were, in themselves, recoverable in full and not necessarily to be compared to spot hire rates. For the personal injury lawyer - defendant or claimant - and for insurers, this book provides a clear explanation of the current state of the law and its implication for practitioners. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim Kevan , Perrin GibbonsPublisher: XPL Publishing Imprint: XPL Publishing Edition: 2nd Revised edition ISBN: 9781858112756ISBN 10: 1858112753 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 15 August 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9781858113951 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock ![]() Table of ContentsConsumer Credit Act 1974 - a full explanation of the context and meaning for PI practitioners; Dimond and Lovell; credit hire and the common law; conflict of interest; restitution; costs; procedural tactics; industry practice - the future.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |