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Car knocked me off my bike

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AG47
AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
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I got in touch with a solicitor straight away, and then I get a letter from the driver of the car wants to claim damages from me.
The problem is I have just found out we are both using the same solicitor.

This is a very unusual situation

I'm the first to find out, the solicitor and the car driver don't even know yet.
Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
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  • tykesi
    tykesi Posts: 2,061 Forumite
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    Cool story bro :cool2:
  • NigeWick
    NigeWick Posts: 2,726 Forumite
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    AG47 wrote: »
    I got in touch with a solicitor straight away
    Why didn't you (or the driver) report it to the police when it happened?
    The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,705 Forumite
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    Lesson for you then - if knocked off, get the police (I'd be amazed if you had no injury having myself been off twice because of careless drivers even if it's just something that comes up later like soft tissue bruising), get witness details etc and make sure these are all in order. If he drove into you and you were not at fault, him claiming damages is out of order

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 8,845 Forumite
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    AG47 wrote: »
    The problem is I have just found out we are both using the same solicitor.

    This is a very unusual situation

    All the replies so far have ignored the OP's problem!

    The situation isn't really so unusual. The OP should speak to his solicitor ASAP - they have rules and procedures to avoid conflicts of interest.
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    So what actually happened
  • Billy_Bullocks
    Billy_Bullocks Posts: 524 Forumite
    Nasqueron wrote: »
    Lesson for you then - if knocked off, get the police (I'd be amazed if you had no injury having myself been off twice because of careless drivers even if it's just something that comes up later like soft tissue bruising), get witness details etc and make sure these are all in order. If he drove into you and you were not at fault, him claiming damages is out of order


    The cyclist could be at fault, let's wait for him to report back first.
  • neilmcl
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    Nasqueron wrote: »
    If he drove into you and you were not at fault, him claiming damages is out of order
    True, but we only have the OP's word for that. Without any true description of the event we don't know why the vehicle owner has found it necessary to counter claim.
  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,440 Forumite
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    I suspect clearly the motorist feels the Cyclist was at fault and although the cyclist suffered being knocked off the motorist may feel he should not suffer the cost of the cyclists stupidity.




    Incidentally I am an avid cyclist and avid motorist.
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,705 Forumite
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    I can only respond based on what OP says - he says the car knocked him off - quite possible OP was at fault yes but there are plenty of heartless so and sos who would end up with a scratched car from hitting a bike and then blame the bike just for being on the road

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • hollie.weimeraner
    hollie.weimeraner Posts: 2,155 Forumite
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    Nasqueron wrote: »
    I can only respond based on what OP says - he says the car knocked him off - quite possible OP was at fault yes but there are plenty of heartless so and sos who would end up with a scratched car from hitting a bike and then blame the bike just for being on the road
    As there are cyclists who believe exactly the opposite;)
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