bigandymac

good to hear the result mate.
it's a pure disgrace how the "claim culture" is setting in over here.
As said earlier in days gone by an accident was just that with no blame attached.
No wonder insurance companies love ripping the ***** off us all for everything!!

davegtt

You wasnt the chippy by any chance was you? Silly one eye'd *****

davegtt

Right, if I understand this, they want it to be passed to the insurance company. Who, I will guarentee, not fight it on your behalf and pay out. Happened to me before when I bumped into a womans car from behind. No damage at all etc everyone went on their merry way then she rang me up afterwards claiming over £1000 in damages to the car. I said I cant afford that, told my insurance but said I want it all checked properly as I firmly believe there was NO damage to the vehicle. They ended up sending a cheque to a local garage to "repair" the car Loss of no claims for me and royally fooked.... GRRR, reckon it was her family involved in the garage.

With a bit of fight back Im sure you'll be fine but you dont need the stress

GC8WRX

Tell the tax man he has worked on your house before and given 10 percent off for cash, and you know other people he has done cash in hand for as well (get your mates to invent stuff).

The inland revenue will tear his accounts appart, and at leat he will get a load of greif in return for being a ****!

Timwinner

iTrader: (3)

To prove you were negligent you have to prove that you could have easily foreseen a problem and you did nothing to prevent the foreseeable problem arising.
I would argue you were lead by him and unable to foresee a problem. He should have been able to foresee one as its his job.

Leslie

Glad it turned out all ok Diesel.

Les

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

Diesel, what happened to get rid of the robbing little sod?

NotoriousREV

Count yourself lucky:

BBC NEWS | England | Mechanic gets £400k for cut hand

scoobeenut

At the end of the day you employed him to carry out specific tasks in the kitchen so a contract then existed between you as the client and him as the contractor.

As a bonafide tradesman he should have then carried out a full risk assessment of the job in hand and produced a method statement before starting any works. Had he done this he would have foreseen the hazard and been able to avoid it. If he hasn't done a risk assessement then he has broken health and safety legislation anyway and any claim would be thrown out.

Diesel

I think he will stick to preying on old ladies rather than bolshy arsey householders like me!!!

I leant on my ins Co not to dare do any deal - in writing and by phone. I also gave them FULL written details of what happened and a 100% commitment to fight it in writing. I also spoke to his no-win-no-fee solicitor and threatened to blow his kneecaps off... (err no I didn't) I just made sure that he got the impression that I wasn't the type to roll over for an easy life and just let them cream my policy whilst killing my no claims or options when making a real claim. Ohh and that I had two eyes and do risk assesements regularly and have an IOSHH and an NVQ in H&S

D