The fun never stops...
Apr. 27th, 2007 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Just got a letter from my lawyer with a load of stuff that the other party intends to use as evidence (declared documents, or something). Amongst other things this includes the other guy's statement (laughable, I only hope he's as unbelievable in court as he is on paper), and the witness statement ("I didn't see the crash, but the car was heavily damaged and so I suggest the bike was going very fast". Yes mate, 30mph is very fucking fast to hit an essentially immovable object - I certainly wouldn't want to repeat the experience).
It also includes my blog from Advogato, a site I haven't been on since 2005 - I assume they're planning to use some stuff I wrote there about getting a written warning at work (pre-accident job) against the 'loss of earnings' part of my claim, but we'll see. Finally, they've included my CV, and a copy of a random e-petition that I signed on the PM's website. I can't see the relevance of the former, but this is dwarfed by the lack of relevance of the latter. I strongly suspect they just googled my name and printed off everything that didn't have the word 'perl' on the page :)
Anyway, have emailed my lawyer with my thoughts on the pile of stuff. Not much to be done about any of it at this stage, I'm pretty sure it's going to end up in court and then I just hope that I can keep my shit together and sound coherent while the other guy will hopefully sound at least as much like he's making up random nonsense as he does in his written statements:
"I blame the motorcyclist as the bike was travelling too fast and could not stop in time to pass me."
So I should have stopped and passed him? Right then. At least I'll know for next time, eh?
It also includes my blog from Advogato, a site I haven't been on since 2005 - I assume they're planning to use some stuff I wrote there about getting a written warning at work (pre-accident job) against the 'loss of earnings' part of my claim, but we'll see. Finally, they've included my CV, and a copy of a random e-petition that I signed on the PM's website. I can't see the relevance of the former, but this is dwarfed by the lack of relevance of the latter. I strongly suspect they just googled my name and printed off everything that didn't have the word 'perl' on the page :)
Anyway, have emailed my lawyer with my thoughts on the pile of stuff. Not much to be done about any of it at this stage, I'm pretty sure it's going to end up in court and then I just hope that I can keep my shit together and sound coherent while the other guy will hopefully sound at least as much like he's making up random nonsense as he does in his written statements:
"I blame the motorcyclist as the bike was travelling too fast and could not stop in time to pass me."
So I should have stopped and passed him? Right then. At least I'll know for next time, eh?
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Date: 2007-04-27 07:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-27 09:47 pm (UTC)Personal injury cases are frightfully subjective and pretty arbitrary, all things considered. If you're lucky, you'll get one of the level headed, claimant-friendly judges.
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Date: 2007-04-28 10:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-29 08:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-28 08:46 am (UTC)As I'm sure you know, modern cars are designed to crumple for safety reasons, so any damage seen could be believed to be the result of a more serious accident (plus your bike wasn't exactly light IIRC). Maybe a written expert report on the pictures would completely negate this stupid witness's statement.
On the other note, as someone else has mentioned, you were in employment at the time of the accident and so, written warning or not, it prevented you from attending your place of employment. Even if you'd been unemployed, it would have prevented you seeking/gaining employment and carrying out any work.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-28 10:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-27 07:43 pm (UTC)He could be saying he saw you speeding and sound like he actually had good reason to think it.
Same for the web pages - They could have found things that indicate that you regularly break the speed limits instead of seeminly random ones that happen to have your name on them.
I'd take the randomness and nonsenseness of it as a Good Sign
What was the petition they pulled from the gov. website? I'm sure you've put your name to more than one of them so what makes this one special?
(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-27 07:47 pm (UTC)I have no idea why that one :)
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Date: 2007-04-27 11:01 pm (UTC)If they knew they could offer you a few hundred quid to " go away " then they would without a second thought, but they knw they are gonna have to pay so they are playing " damage limitation " in the meant time,
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Date: 2007-04-28 10:04 am (UTC)BTW - you might want to make all these posts relating to this friends only, so that the defence doesn't have more of an idea on your plan of attack or try to make more ammunition...
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Date: 2007-04-27 07:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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