My encounter with a taxi door.

Originally Posted by TamSV

A summons usually gees them up but your solicitor seems reluctant to litigate.

The claim may not be all that straight-forward:
- it involves a filtering motorcyclist
- was the taxi driver letting his passenger out in the middle of the road or did the passenger decide to open the door without announcing his intentions?
- if the latter, was it a black cab (where the driver usually has some control of the door locks) or a mini-cab (where he usually doesn't)?

It was a private hire vehicle. The passenger paid the fare whilst the vehicle was in the outside lane of a dual carriageway then just got out without paying any attention whatsoever.

Originally Posted by TamSV

To the OP, it would do no harm to get some proper advice at this stage as it doesn't seem to be coming from your current crowd. White Dalton seem to have a good reputation and certainly have good expertise in case where filtering is a factor.

I've read a lot of good stuff about White Dalton from various sources. Might give them a bell after I finish my exams

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Quick question for those who may b in the know, we're any actual offences committed in this situation by the taxi driver?

As if there were would it not be possible to threaten pursuing a civil prosecution as a bit of an incentive to get them to pull their thumbs up?