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Solicitor recomendations

  • 17-06-2021 7:28am
    #1
    beckman
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Hi, looking for recommendations for a solicitor in Limerick to deal with a criminal damage case I suppose you could call it .I was involved in a car accident that was not my fault, and the other party , who accepted responsibility on the road side and gave me his insurance details, wants to deal with it privately as the car is a write off .I think I am going to be fobbed off and need a back up plan.

    Thanks,

    private message me please if thats possible .

    thanks,
    Beckman


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 596 ✭ [Deleted User]


    You don't need a solicitor as a back up plan, just contact his insurance company and initiate a claim.


  • #3
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    beckman wrote: »
    Hi, looking for recommendations for a solicitor in Limerick to deal with a criminal damage case I suppose you could call it .I was involved in a car accident that was not my fault, and the other party , who accepted responsibility on the road side and gave me his insurance details, wants to deal with it privately as the car is a write off .I think I am going to be fobbed off and need a back up plan.

    Thanks,

    private message me please if thats possible .

    thanks,
    Beckman

    I don't think you need to be engaging a solicitor at this time. It may be an unnecessary expense.

    I would claim against his insurance in the first instance. Don't go down the road of dealing with it privately, this only benefits the other party, and will be nothing but a headache for you.


  • #4
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    .....and after his insurers have fobbed you off for weeks on end with nonsense excuses (many of which are so untrue they border on illegal) you will then be on here again looking for recommendations for a Solicitor.


  • #5
    beckman
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭beckman


    The fact that it was a commercial vehicle that hit me, will that have any bearing on the outcome??


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 596 ✭ [Deleted User]


    beckman wrote: »
    The fact that it was a commercial vehicle that hit me, will that have any bearing on the outcome??

    None


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  • #7
    jonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭jonski


    My daughter had a similar experience, a bus from a smallish local operator crashed into her. She wasn't hurt but due to the age of the car it was considered a write off . The owner asked to sort it privately so I called to see him and explained I would be expecting to replace it with something of equal value and reliability, he agreed .

    I found a suitable car, phoned him, he agreed, I called out to him and he had a cheque written out ready to go .

    It worked out fine for us but I'm not saying that would always be the case .


  • #8
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I'd let my insurer sort it tbh. Even if you settle privately you are still obliged to report the accident to your insurer.


  • #9
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    Insurer cannot do anything if OP is TPF +T.
    If OP has Fully Comp they will be making a claim on their own Insurance, which their Insurer will then attempt to recoup from the other party's Insurer.
    If this doesn't work out for any reason (and until it is sorted) the OP has then lost their no-claims and has made an Insurance Claim which they must disclose to any future Insurers.
    So, any problems getting the money out of the other guy's Insurer.....get a Solicitor.


  • #10
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I think the Insurance forum here would be the best place to ask these questions.


  • #11
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    mgbgt1978 wrote: »
    Insurer cannot do anything if OP is TPF +T.
    If OP has Fully Comp they will be making a claim on their own Insurance, which their Insurer will then attempt to recoup from the other party's Insurer.
    If this doesn't work out for any reason (and until it is sorted) the OP has then lost their no-claims and has made an Insurance Claim which they must disclose to any future Insurers.
    So, any problems getting the money out of the other guy's Insurer.....get a Solicitor.


    Are you sure about that?


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  • #12
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Clareman wrote: »
    I think the Insurance forum here would be the best place to ask these questions.

    Could you move the thread pleae?


  • #13
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Are you sure about that?


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=117420112


    See post #8


  • #14
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Could you move the thread pleae?

    Sorry, just spotted this now, as the original request for for a solicitor in Limerick I don't see the need to move the whole thread, the queries about insurance were a bit off topic and more relevant to the insurance thread so if anyone wants to raise the queries there they are more than welcome to, I don't think there's a need to move the whole thread.


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