injured in a head on collision after police chase.. legal advice please!

vaio

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Yeah but then the criminal does a u-turn and goes the right way and the police are stuffed. What would you have them do?

Glad to hear you survived though, it could have been a lot worse.

is that stuffed as in the end result isn't two cars travelling at high speed the wrong way down a duel carriageway?

OP.......your insurance company will get a handsome referral fee if you use the PI firm they suggest.

Google will throw up firms that will give you the referral fee if you go direct to them. Some are offering £1500, might be worth finding a few and ringing them to discuss your case

harveybobbles

The Solicitor I used are offering referal fees.

Took over 12 months to get payment as this is when how long the prognosis period was.

however...

http://www.justice.gov.uk/claims-regulation/information-for-businesses/referral-fees-ban-in-personal-injury-cases

redux

If you have legal fees cover with your own insurance, then this would surely be the right place to start, and it sounds like you already have.

If you contact your own solicitor - one you've used before for something else - they might well recommend a separate firm that specialises in this sort of thing anyway.

photome

Lum wrote: »

Get a proper lawyer, not one that touts for business by spam text messages or at a stand in your local shopping district. This kind of thing is way beyond the point where random people on an internet forum can give good advice.

Best advice was right at the start IMO

brat

The police should not drive down a dual carriageway or motorway in the wrong direction in pursuit of a vehicle. That is against all trained tactics. Serious questions will be asked, and if what you say is true, there will be significant repercussions for the pursuing officers.

You have sustained serious injury as a consequence of a police pursuit. You must seek professional legal advice from a good lawyer.

neilmcl

OP, when and where did this happen? It probably would have been reported and therefore handy to get some independent background info.

Hackman_2

neilmcl wrote: »

OP, when and where did this happen? It probably would have been reported and therefore handy to get some independent background info.

Who from the daily mail?

InsideInsurance

rob_sri wrote: »

Traffic officers were chasing an someone in a stolen hire car wrong way down a dual carriage way early hours of the morning..

[snip]

I tried to swerve but it was a blind bend with very little room and we both had little time to move..

Where was the accident, never seen a dual carriageway with a narrow blind bend!

As others have said, your compensation for pain, suffering and loss of amenities will be assessed and the insurers/ solicitors will argue it out over if the cars insurers, police or MIB are the ones that have to pay (or if it is shared by them)

Its up to you if you want to go to a factory solicitors where they will pay you a referral bonus to get your business, select your own local solicitor or go with your insurers recommended solicitor. If you do chose local ensure that they do have suitable RTA experience as some wont have touched these sorts of claims since law school.

Tiddlywinks

rob_sri wrote: »

if they have a registration that they can trace via ANPR cameras located all round birmingham city centre and a registration which they can find out a potential address for a potential suspect is it completely necessary to stop them there and then if it is putting peoples lives at risk.. for example in the same situation if the person doesnt stop because they have a tiny amount of cannabis on them and the resulting accident had ended up killing all 3 people involved.. are 3 lives worth a cannabis caution and some driving offences...?

like I said.. i am not anti.. and when i say quite the opposite.. i know from a professional point of view that they were in the wrong ..

still.. the 3rd party is my main focus.. but what im saying is im willing to persue all avenues in this case .. i have got my insurance company involved and they have put me in contact with injury lawyers.. is it best to use these or find my own solicitor?

Two things... the accident would have been shocking as it was instant and unexpected - you have no way of knowing how the police were handling this at the time and you only have your observations to go on (whilst being emotional and shocked)... the officers would have been communicating with control and so they were not just making their own decisions - let the IPCC do what it does best and get to the root of what actually happened.

Just employ your own solicitor and let them do their job - no need to canvas support or opinion here as none of us have the full facts so - other than suggesting you 'lawyer up' - anything else will be just 'noise'.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Two things... the accident would have been shocking as it was instant and unexpected - you have no way of knowing how the police were handling this at the time and you only have your observations to go on (whilst being emotional and shocked)... the officers would have been communicating with control and so they were not just making their own decisions - let the IPCC do what it does best and get to the root of what actually happened.

Just employ your own solicitor and let them do their job - no need to canvas support or opinion here as none of us have the full facts so - other than suggesting you 'lawyer up' - anything else will be just 'noise'.

Do you honestly believe that to be the case?