How court’s credit hire ruling will impact insurers
Graeme Mulvoy, partner at law firm HF, has revealed the short-term and likely ongoing impact for the insurance industry of last week’s Court of Appeal decision that credit hire organisations are responsible for the costs of unsuccessful litigation.
On Friday (13 June) the Court of Appeal ruled credit hire organisations are responsible for the costs of unsuccessful litigation.
The judgment was initially given last year, concerning four separate
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