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Pot Holes & Claiming from the Council

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  • DUTR
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    Ultrasonic wrote: »
    Interesting point about being marked up. Presumably they don't, but if the OP's photos showed any such marking this would clearly help the case.

    He certainly would, but for those of us SLAG trained will know if the hole is that bad then the carraigeway will be reduced using guarding at minimum, I'm sure the council would rather have the hole reported many times than not at all. Also near me there was some ironworks that you could hear with nearly every passing car, it was only a matter of time before it collapsed causing serious injury, thankfully now it is repaired.
  • trinidadone
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    arcon5 wrote: »
    No it's not case closed. Otherwise the council would be well and truly opened up to fraudulent claims.

    IE
    I go out and dig a hole in the road
    An hour later I go back with my car which i'm about to send the scrappers anyway and drive in to it
    I make a claim for 'damage'

    You clearly know nothing about how negligence works!



    Erm, yes, yes it does!!!
    yes it is case closed. no there would not be any fraudulent claims, and we are not discussing "others" who ever they are. his vehicle was damaged how many more times.

    you gone on about you digging a hole, go a head. this is unrelated to the original persons claim. his car was damaged, done story
    Trinidad - I have a number of needs. Don't shoot me down if i get something wrong!!
  • Gloomendoom
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    In the long term, claiming from his insurers may end up costing him more than he has already paid out.
  • Ultrasonic
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    trinidadone wrote: »
    his car was damaged, done story

    No. As others have carefully explained above it is not that simple.
  • facade
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    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    In the long term, claiming from his insurers may end up costing him more than he has already paid out.

    True, but the insurance should be informed anyway (as in the T&Cs of the policy) so they can increase his premium for next year regardless of whether they pay out or not.
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • trinidadone
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    Ultrasonic wrote: »
    No. As others have carefully explained above it is not that simple.

    and as I have said above, yes it is :)
    Trinidad - I have a number of needs. Don't shoot me down if i get something wrong!!
  • Ultrasonic
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    trinidadone wrote: »
    and as I have said above, yes it is :)

    https://www.potholes.co.uk would suggest otherwise. Would you care to provide some evidence that the only criterion required for a council to be liable for a repair bill is that the damage was caused by a pothole?
  • trinidadone
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    Ultrasonic wrote: »
    https://www.potholes.co.uk would suggest otherwise. Would you care to provide some evidence that the only criterion required for a council to be liable for a repair bill is that the damage was caused by a pothole?

    not really
    Trinidad - I have a number of needs. Don't shoot me down if i get something wrong!!
  • Ultrasonic
    Ultrasonic Posts: 4,266 Forumite
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    trinidadone wrote: »
    not really

    Fair enough, just so long as you don't expect anyone to believe that what you say is actually true. (I'm all for being corrected when I'm wrong, but I need evidence to be convinced.)
  • Hintza
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    If local authorities are made aware of potholes, they are then obliged to fix them.
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