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anyone done no win no free for potholes

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  • Deals_2
    Deals_2 Posts: 2,410 Forumite
    "Are you making it up as you go along?" just would like any advice/basic input at this stage! thanks for all the help so far and time to reply!
    Equaliser123 wrote: »
    A few hundred pounds? Why can't you be any more precise? Are you making it up as you go along?

    Anyway, the answer to your question - NO. You won't get a conditional fee agreement for a claim that small as if it went to court it would be dealt with in the small claims track where there are no cost awards.
  • Equaliser123
    Equaliser123 Posts: 3,404 Forumite
    Deals wrote: »
    "Are you making it up as you go along?" just would like any advice/basic input at this stage! thanks for all the help so far and time to reply!

    Generally one tends to know how much the damage will cost to be repaired...
  • Deals_2
    Deals_2 Posts: 2,410 Forumite
    thanks for positive input
    Equaliser123 wrote: »
    Generally one tends to know how much the damage will cost to be repaired...
  • Foggster
    Foggster Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    Can you describe the damage caused a little more?
  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
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    Foggster wrote: »
    Can you describe the damage caused a little more?

    And why you would need the assistance of a no-win-no-fee lawyer? Have you tried an initial approach to the council with evidence of the defect and damage caused?
  • Deals_2
    Deals_2 Posts: 2,410 Forumite
    yes we did approach the council. filled in the forms. then they never responded even when we called them several occasions. so when i read in the papers that someone had done no win no fee i thought sod it i've had enough so i looked into it. i had not thought of the small claims court which would have been a good thing to do too.
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    It's a lovely day out here in my corner of Sunny Suffolk, so I'll be finishing off assembling my garden shed.

    To get back on topic, since the OP is considering the small claims court - it might be worth googling for results since there are likely to have been a number of cases since this last winter.
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  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    Did the OP send the letter recorded delivery?
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