Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 335 (Jul)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Pill LJ and Rimer J
Representation The claimant appeared in person.
  Mr and Mrs Croft appeared for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 24 July 2001

Catchwords

Lien - repairer's lien - Motor repairer - Repairer obtaining judgment for costs of storing motor vehicle during period of lien - Whether repairer entitled to recover storage charges.

The Case

It was a general principle of law that a worker asserting a right of lien over a chattel was not generally entitled to charge for its storage of that chattel. It followed that on the facts of the instant case where the defendant garage was asserting a lien over the claimant's car in relation to unpaid repair work carried out by it, it had not been entitled to charge the claimant for storing his car.

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