Mr X was involved in an accident when he drove his lorry into a house damaging property; but he only hit the house due to emergency swerving out of the way of a car which just pulled out blindly from a side road. The driver of the other car is unidentified.
House owner has now put in a claim 2 years after against Mr X for damage to property. What should Mr X do, as the Motor Insurance Bureau, for damage to property against an untraceable driver, has a limitation period of 9 months. Can they be nonetheless be added as a Part 20 defendant or just defend it on the basis of wrong defendant?
Thanks a lot.
2006-10-29 01:38:41 · 11 answers · asked by Barrister Wannabe 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'd go down the pub and drink a few pints and let Mr X look after his own ****...
2006-10-29 01:41:33 · answer #1 · answered by ohwiseone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two years seems like an awful long time to wait to file a claim when it comes to damage to your house. It seems like there should be a limit on how long someone can take to file such a case.
Even though the other driver might have been the cause of the accident they probably would not be involved in the law suit, since their car was not involved in the accident.
It would be like trying to sue the parents if their kid ran out in to the street and you swerved to avoid hitting the kid and hit the house and was sued by the home owner.
Mr. X was probably going too fast and maybe he wasn't paying too much attention either. If I'm not mistaken a lorry is a truck, which should have given him a better viewing advantage over the other cars, so how another car just came blindly out from a side road without him seeing it is one that I would love to hear him explain in court.
My guess is he might have been looking at a map or looking at an address and/or talking on the phone, but I don't think he was paying attention to what was going on in front of him.
2006-10-29 02:15:43 · answer #2 · answered by JSalakar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll assume a lorry is some sort of motor vehicle and Motor Insurance Bureau is your typical British government agency equivalent of what we here in the U.S. would call an insurance company (sometimes referred to as those stinking essobees). What Mr. X should do is run into that guy's house again, in the same place, destroying any evidence of the previous accident and thereby making the claim current so your socialist MIB (not Men In Black) will take the claim. Hope this helped ol' chap.
2006-10-29 02:06:46 · answer #3 · answered by Knowitall 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mr X should accidentally drive his lorry into the house again, making sure he demolishes it with the owner inside.
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2006-10-29 01:53:46 · answer #4 · answered by George D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It bloody well serves Mr X right. "Untracable driver" my 4rse. As we say in Glasgow: "Big boys with sticks done it an' ran away!"
2006-10-29 01:47:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mr. X is resposible plain and simple. Even if he did it to avoid hitting the other driver
2006-10-29 02:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He Should Find a girl and gey merried with her or Go 2 another city or country or state but you should always find a girl or get a job
2006-10-29 01:49:15 · answer #7 · answered by chipeater2 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He did the damage so he is going to pay and quite right to
Would you let him of scot free if it was you property ? I think not
2006-10-29 01:52:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're the one who wants to be the barrister. Figure out your own homework questions.
2006-10-29 03:37:08 · answer #9 · answered by skip 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't this what you have car insurance for?
2006-10-29 02:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by crosbie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋