WFT is this civil bill about?

ringring

Long story short.

Knock for knock car accident with no witnesses and no injuries...insurance companies paying out to both parties for repair to vehicles etc

Then out of the blue the other party is slapping me with a civil bill to recover vehicle repair costs which will be paid out to the other party by insurance company anyway....what the frig is that all about:mad: , and can the other party do that...? Why the hell do we all bother paying out for insurance if greedy compo spongers are going to trot out civil bills for no reason :mad:

Someone console me...I'm seriously miffed:mad: you.

I fully acknowledge that any advice or opinons given here are just that, and not to be considered or relied upon as legal advice or counselling. Thanks in advance

hullaballoo

Please read the forum charter and post up the appropriate amendments to that post. Thread temporarily locked until you PM me.

ringring

Amendments made, hopefully they are appropriate

Thanks for the helpful PM

Eru

First off, who was in the wrong? If you were then this person is completely within their rights to sue you for damages caused to their vehicle and their health.

As you say insurance is paying out but why should they suffer increased insurance payments if the crash was your fault? I would imagine that they are actually going to sue your insurance company and not you directly. This means that their driving record is intact and they dont suffer financially for your actions.

ringring

For what its worth I was not at fault.

For what its worth I've suffered pretty much all the damage and lost the most

mountainyman

Stop saying Me and I and so on and fix the original post. This is not a legal advice forum it is a legal discussion forum.

You will get answers when you do that.

MM

hullaballoo

mountainyman, I've addressed the issue with the OP and he has satisfactorily amended his post so that people can respond. Thanks for your diligence, but perhaps you might refrain from giving orders. Not even I do that. Thanks, hullaballoo.

Eru

ringring wrote:

For what its worth I was not at fault.

For what its worth I've suffered pretty much all the damage and lost the most

Then I presume you claimed damages to yourself and car from his insurance company? If so then get a solicitor to counter his claims. If the insurance companies/Gardai have found the other driver to be at fault then I would imagine his claim isn't going to last long.

Disclaimer: This is my opinion only, consult a solicitor who deals with this type of case to answer the question fully.

grumpytrousers

Karlitosway1978 wrote:

Then I presume you claimed damages to yourself and car from his insurance company? If so then get a solicitor to counter his claims. If the insurance companies/Gardai have found the other driver to be at fault then I would imagine his claim isn't going to last long.

Disclaimer: This is my opinion only, consult a solicitor who deals with this type of case to answer the question fully.

what he said. if this 'affair' has been even investigated by the gardai, there would be statements which one would be entitled to have access to insofar as they relate to the case and the gardai could certainly be called as ones witnesses to bolster ones 'defence' of such an action. Again, paying somebody for professional advice is something you're gonna have to do *anyway*, irrespective of the advice you get here!

Best of luck!

I can only take a guess at what is happening here and of course what I say is not legal advice etc etc so I take no responsibility for it.

But afaik thats what happens in most car accidents-one of the parties will involve their solicitor and you contact your insurer who will tell you to foward all the solicitors letters etc to them and they will deal with it.

Your insurance company will employ a solicitor to reply to the other party(often they employ your own)

You havent said where the blame lies? but your insurance co without a doubt will attempt to establish this as best they can before they pay out.

To conclude-dont worry about the civil bills -just contact your insurer and let them deal with them.These things often dont end up in court by the way-they are settled before hand.The other party is just either chancing his/her arm if they are in the wrong or just covering all bases.

Victor

In the absence of any meaningful information, "go to solicior".