Do I get a T-shirt or summat?

[dizzyblonde]

dizzy logic says that having a witness as your solicitor would be a conflict of interests. So I'd keep him as a witness only.

and yes i noticed the crack in the fairing.

[Nobbylad]

Sore knee and elbow, went to hospital this morning, no breaks. Courtesy car comes tomorrow.

Thing is, CN say they'll try and recover cost of lid/textiles/boots/gloves etc, however they can't guarantee they'll get all of them as it is at the discretion of the 3rd party's insurers (Tesco)....surely that's not right? Surely Tesco have to pay to either repair my bike to previous (mint) condition or replace and the same with all my kit?

Am I stupid enough to think that I should be walking away from this without being worse off?

EDIT: Thought that might be the case re: witness/solicitor, but he reckoned it was a benefit

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

Saw knee and elbow, went to hospital this morning, no breaks. Courtesy car comes tomorrow.

Thing is, CN say they'll try and recover cost of lid/textiles/boots/gloves etc, however they can't guarantee they'll get all of them as it is at the discretion of the 3rd party's insurers (Tesco)....surely that's not right? Surely Tesco have to pay to either repair my bike to previous (mint) condition or replace and the same with all my kit?

Am I stupid enough to think that I should be walking away from this without being worse off?

EDIT: Thought that might be the case re: witness/solicitor, but he reckoned it was a benefit

Tesco (******s) owe you for everything damaged. You can't get compensation for pain as it isn't an injury...as I understand it.

[Dave20046]

he sounds like a dodgy **** - I'd be tempted to cut all ties with him, if you use him as a solicitor it sounds suspicious if you use him as a witness but not as a solicitor he might try screw stuff for you.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

it is at the discretion of the 3rd party's insurers (Tesco)....surely that's not right? Surely Tesco have to pay to either repair my bike to previous (mint) condition or replace and the same with all my kit?

No, there's f##k all "at their discretion". As far as I understand it they are obliged to put you back to the state as if it never happened.

I would be kicking up a stink myself about that, and informing my insurers that the 3rd party WILL be paying for my gear.



As for traffic solicitor, I would very politely thank him for the offer, but since you already have legal cover you will let them handle the main claim first and you "will be back to him" about the personal injury when that is settled.

Compo valuations do tend to end up a bit odd - I got about £1500 for a bruised bum from an accident last Feb. I got all my kit paid for on top of that, but you'll need reciepts or CC statements to back up your valuations.

On the repairer front though, I'd try and get somewhere where you can get on top of them if needed. The authorised repairers in my case did some pretty odd things to allow the insurers not to write the bike off, like leaving me with an oil filler cap with half the tab broken off.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by orose

like leaving me with an oil filler cap with half the tab broken off.

Fffffft. At least half an hour to do that guv'.

Pah... only took 30 milliseconds when you use the proper sort of heavyweight tool, like a Goldwing.

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

Hmmm...phoned each of the witnesses tonight to thank them for their help, turns out one of them is a specialist road traffic accident solicitor who is giving me the hard sell to give him the case. Now the hard sell was really hard, 5 mins of him talking about no win no fee, £100 cash now to go with them and up to £3k compensation etc etc etc

You should be really careful there are some Companies that charge to re-claim. You should not have to pay ANYTHING but I was injured and off work for sometime and all I got for pain and suffering was £4,000 and I'm still on pain killers. I had whip lash, back pain, frozen shoulder and damaged elbow and was in hospital. YOU CAN GET ALL YOUR KIT REPLACED do not accept that crap from Tesco's.

PLEASE be careful go for one of the BIG claims guys like RSS riders support services or claims direct (that was mine) and be under no illusions it has been hard slog to get that and nearly 21/2 years.

If you need any advice PM me.

[markryker]

Sorry to hear about your off mate, just seen the thread, hope all goes better than expected with the claim.