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Civil way: 4 November 2011

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03 November 2011
Issue: 7488 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Road traffic accident claims for repair charges by Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders have been clogging up county court lists with quantum arguments arising from the insurers’ model of having repairs carried out by a wholly owned subsidiary or one of the latter’s subcontractors. Cases have gone both ways. Now the Commercial Court is in on the arguments. Walker J in Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2011] EWHC 2405 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 6 (Oct) in a raft of cases issued upstairs by consent has joined them with 10 county court cases by transfer up and given preliminary directions with a view to the selection of some lead cases. The judge has blessed the

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