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I have damaged my alloy wheel in a pot hole in the road. I have sent an accident form back to the council who replied to me stating that they do not accept liability as these holes appear and they cannot keep track of them.
The thing is that the very next day after i requested the accident claim form, the hole had been filled in!!!
Send a recorded letter to the council under the Freedom of Information act asking them to release all correspondence and documentation pertaining to the report and repair of the aforementioned street for the last year.
That way you've got proof the hole existed and you might even get a copy of an e-mail mentioning your damage.
In law, for a claim against a highway authority to succeed, it is necessary for the claimant to prove that:
the highway in question has not been maintained appropriately, with regard to its importance and use, and was therefore dangerous
this was the direct cause of their accident
Proving the dmagae was by the pothole is harder, you can try getting a mechanic to write a letter stating as an expert in his field it is his opinion an impact caused the damage, most likely to be a pothole.
I don't hold out much hope though unless you have any independent witnesses.
If the name of the claim is blue and underlined, click it to see how I did it.
Halifax - 1st Request for £3748.80 sent 10/06 Settled in full and 5% donated
Council and the Roads
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