Hit by wheelchair on escalator - culprit did a runner

tommyjj

FiremanDave wrote: »

Was it a no win no fee one you spoke to?

They're pretty much all NWNF around here, whether they advertise as such or not.

hollydays

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

Giving false details would be an offence. You can't force a person to give you their details but if they give you false information in a situation where you may need the information to pursue them for losses then that would be an offence under the Fraud Act.

Can you provide a link

lincroft1710

Why don't you tell the local paper about the incident. It's the sort of story they love, especially if they can print a photo of your MIL looking battered and bruised. It might jog peoples' memories, the guilty party may be remorseful and come forward.

tommyjj

thanks everyone for the input

tommyjj

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Why don't you tell the local paper about the incident.

I thought about that earlier this afternoon when a responded posted a link to a similar case from 2007

My mother in law is a pretty private person, and I doubt would want a picture of her leg, which currently looks like a large dark blue sausage, plastered all over the local press!

powerful_Rogue

hollydays wrote: »

Can you provide a link

I think BEB is referring to

Fraud by failing to disclose information

A person is in breach of this section if he—
(a)dishonestly fails to disclose to another person information which he is under a legal duty to disclose, and
(b)intends, by failing to disclose the information—
(i)to make a gain for himself or another, or
(ii)to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk of loss.

The question would be whether the other party had a legal duty to disclose information.

lincroft1710

tommyjj wrote: »

My mother in law is a pretty private person, and I doubt would want a picture of her leg, which currently looks like a large dark blue sausage, plastered all over the local press!

Well just a head shot of her looking sad, hurt and dejected.

hollydays

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

I think BEB is referring to



The question would be whether the other party had a legal duty to disclose information.

I was asking brown eyed bazzie
I'm looking for links.

piglet25

I'd stake out the supermarket at the same time the following week to get the name of the agency as it will be a regular trip

geri1965_2

I would be amazed if the person in the wheelchair isn't injured as well. Publicity might get them speaking out.