A rich businessman trying to claim more than £90,000 to cover the cost of hiring a replacement Rolls-Royce when his was dented in a minor accident lost the latest round of a legal battle in a UK court today.
Hardip Singh, a partner in a property development business, said he dealt with "millionaires" and "celebrities", and used a Rolls-Royce to give the "correct impression".
But a county court judge dismissed his claim - suggesting that the case raised a "moral question" and was "a testament ... to the superficial if not false nature of the warped values of society".
Mr Singh failed to persuade the Court of Appeal that Judge Peter Cowell "appeared biased" and had shown a "hostile animus" towards him.
Three appeal judges today dismissed an appeal and said Judge Cowell had been entitled to conclude that Mr Singh did not establish the "need" for a replacement Rolls-Royce while his was being repaired.
Appeal judges were told, at a hearing in London, that Mr Singh was driving a Rolls-Royce owned by his business, and worth about £250,000, when the accident happened in central London in August 2009.
They heard that the Rolls-Royce was left with a dent in its rear door - after Mr Singh...
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