Council Car Park - Damage to Car Claim?

jimjames

N|cky wrote: »

Guess we can argue all day long on the terminology on the fact that the bollards were stationary and that I drove into them, could you not say the same about a pothole which is also stationary?

The difference with a pothole in the road is that you're generally driving at speed so visibility & reaction time may be different. Hopefully you weren't driving over 30mph round a car park.

Hintza

Council might send you the bill to repair the bollard sence it sounds as if you have flattened it.

Tothepoint.

curlywurlytalktalk wrote: »

If you pursue your claim and the council don't payout, the only option you have is to issue Court proceedings. If the claim for repairs is less than £10,000, it'll be allocated to the Small Claims Track.
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You could try and find a no win, no fee solicitor to take it on but given that they won't recover any costs, I doubt anyone will take it on. [/B]Also, most places will only take on cases where they consider that they have a better than 50% chance of success.

If you think you're in the right and will succeed, issue a claim yourself. You will have to pay the issue fee and a hearing fee but if you think you'll win, go ahead.

They'll do it for 25% which will see the OP short for their repair and given the fact it won't be a big bill I doubt they'll take it on.

loskie

my toast fell onto the kitchen floor butter side down. Can I sue Warburtons?

Lorian

loskie wrote: »

my toast fell onto the kitchen floor butter side down. Can I sue Warburtons?

Not the world's best analogy there.

Lorian

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/shoppers-fury-over-sainsburys-bollard-859402

Plenty of other interesting reading for the OP here:

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=car+park+damaged+broken+bollard