Amey, Gallagher Bassett potehole refusal

Kenny_Scantz

Back in 2016. I drove down a street hit a pothole which put a kink in both off side wheels resulting in the tyres going down.

I reported the pothole to thew council and the lady asked if I wanted to make a claim for damages. I did that and sent all the required information that was asked of me.

They responded a year later after chasing them with "that pothole was not there when they did their 6 monthly inspections" (4 months from the inspection to me reporting the pothole), but the FOI says they don't check the whole road. So I wrote back explaining this and today they have responded the same excuse and claim they are not liable.


I cannot post the pic due to being a new member, (Is there a way to?) but the pothole was just over a foot long and 3 inches deep.



Is it worth me taking this to small courts?

Is there someone I can go to for advice on Merseyside?

Thanks.

Ectophile

You might win, or you might not. You will only win if the council were negligent. That would mean that either:

• They never bother to inspect their roads, or
• Someone had previously reported the pothole, but the council did nothing about it.

If you're keen, you could do a Freedom of Information request to see if either of those applies.