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    • Hi, I've been reading the invaluable advice on this forum and reading about the problems with Evri and lost delivery of items.  From what I gather the initial steps after having exhausted every's own lost item claim process is to draft a Letter of Claim, I think it is called and to register with the government Money Claims.  I have got a login for Money Claims and have made an initial stab at the letter but I'm not certain I have got it right. Am I right to assume that having exhausted Evri customer service's claims process and having received the denial of any compensation because the laptop I was sending is on the non-compensatory list that my next step would be to send the Letter of Claim to them? Let me provide some basic details which I hopefully have addressed in the letter. I purchased a laptop through Amazon.co.uk which a business in Belfast sold refurbished laptops through.  They had a 30 day money back guarantee for a full refund if you have any issues with the laptop.  I have the invoice from Amazon showing the purchase.  On 27 April, 2024 before the end of the 30 day period I used their ParcelShop (inside a Tesco) to send the laptop back and have the tracking reference mentioned in the letter.  As mentioned in the letter there was they advised they could not give me or sell me any insurance because laptops are on the non-compensatory list so I just paid the normal delivery cost.  It was scanned as leaving the ParcelShop on 29 April and the tracking has been like that ever since.  After a 28 working day Evri claim process they gave the expected response that they could not provide any compensation and simply could not proceed with my claim. I was hoping to get some advice on whether I go ahead now and email this to Customer Services straightaway and should I send a hard-copy to the Evri address as well?  Or are there any steps I have missed out on first?  I believe 14 days is the reasonable period of time for them to respond so if I were to send it tomorrow, for example 12 June then I should expect a reply by 26 June, is that correct and fair?  And assuming they don't reply with a full refund then I would then go down the government Money Claims site to proceed with that? Sorry for all the questions, I want to make sure I go about it properly.  I'll continue to read through other cases on here so I can get an even better handle on the process. I attached a LOC, happy for any edits or updates that will make it even better. Thanks so much for anyone's help! Regards, Matt Evri letter of claim.docx
    • The date was 3 June. Get on MCOL now. The legal principle is that, even if you defence is late, if the other party hasn't requested judgement, then your defence takes priority and is accepted. You might be in time. When I say now I mean now.  Recently we had someone who was nine days' late and this was pointed out to them at 5:30pm.  They faffed around till 11pm.  When they went on MCOl they saw that judgement had been entered at 7pm. Every minute is vital. File the below standard defence if you still can - 1.  The Defendant is the recorded keeper of [motor vehicle]. 2.  It is denied that the Defendant entered into a contract with the Claimant. 3.  As held by the Upper Tax Tribunal in Vehicle Control Services Limited v HMRC [2012] UKUT 129 (TCC), any contract requires offer and acceptance.  The Claimant was simply contracted by the landowner to provide car-park management services and is not capable of entering into a contract with the Defendant on its own account, as the car park is owned by and the terms of entry set by the landowner.  Accordingly, it is denied that the Claimant has authority to bring this claim.    4.  In any case it is denied that the Defendant broke the terms of a contract with the Claimant. 5.  The Claimant is attempting double recovery by adding an additional sum not included in the original offer.  6.  The Particulars of Claim is denied in its entirety.  It is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief at all.
    • Hi friends,  I’m a bit worried I may have got confused with timings here. I thought I had 33 days from my acknowledgment to submit a defence but the date added above says 3/6/24.   have I missed the date?   if so how can I apply for an exception due to my disability and problems with deadlines and dates etc (ADHD)?   what should I submit as a defence?   I’ve had no reply from BW so far    just been back on MCOL and it says 28 days from service if I completed an acknowledgment of service so does that mean 28 days from that of acknowledgement (I.e. 16/5) which would make deadline for defence 14/6?   Thanks! Panicking here.
    • Normally we don't advise playing your cards early in a snotty letter, but as you have appealed we might as well use what you wrote in the appeal against them. There is no rush, you have until 6 July to get it to them.  See what the other regulars think too. How about something like this? -   Dear Rachael & Sean, cheers for your Letter of Claim.  I rolled around on the floor in laughter at the idea you'd actually thought I'd take such tripe seriously and would cough up! As usual you'll have been too bone idle to do any due diligence.  Had you done so you would have seen that I appealed to your client.  Indeed the driver on the day is a textbook example of having done exactly what you should do when you do not wish to be bound by the T&Cs in a private car park. Of course none of that mattered to the spivs you represent but do you really want to put such a useless case in front of a judge? To be fair, your clients are very useful members of the human race - as comedians.  How I loved the page turner of their antics at The Citrus Building in Bournemouth.  It was chuckle after chuckle reading about them, letter after letter, month after month, insisting they were legally in the right, even through someone who had done just the first day of a GCSE law course could have told them they weren't.  Until the denouement - BOOM - an absolute hammering in court.  In fact - SLAM, BANG - managing to lose twice against the same motorist for the same car park in front of two different judges. Your client can either drop their foolishness now or get yet another tolchocking* in court where I will go for an unreasonable costs order under CPR 27.14(2)(g) and spend the dosh on a nice summer holiday, while every day laughing at your clients' expense. I look forward to your deafening silence. COPIED TO COUNTRYWIDE PARKING MANAGEMENT LTD   *  This word is used under licence from Brassnecked
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      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
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Hi

interested in comments of an incident.

 

My 17yr old grandson was passing a row of slow moving traffic approaching a roundabout

 

when one of the cars turned right into a cul-de sac,

 

without any indication or obviously checking their mirrors

 

causing my grandson to collide with the car throwing him over the car and hitting a wall.

 

When the police arrived he was put in the police car to say using bullet answers as to what he thought happened

and was as we found out later charged with this offense even though he cannot really remember what was said in the car.

 

We have had no contact with the police officer until the summons came through 4 weeks later

 

surely the PC should have contacted him at home and taken a proper statement from him

 

bob

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To get thrown 'over the car' probably means he was outside a cage, to be summonsed probably means it most likely a motorcycle (possibly a quad), though one can get nicked for due care on a bicycle, it is rare.

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I just wondered because there was something in the paper a few months ago about a pedal cyclist being considered to be, I think, 25% responsible for the accident because they were riding at speed overtaking on the outside when a car turned right. I think in that case the car had a larger vehicle behind it so couldn't see much behind them until they started to turn.

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In my own opinion, be it this person was a motor cyclist, or pedal cyclist, they have to follow the highway code and be considerate road users

 

Their is no provision for a cyclists to be moving on the outside, or the inside (kerbside) of stationary traffic unless there is a dedicated cycle lane or bus lane in which a motorcyclist or pedal cyclist is allowed to use.

 

The cyclist should wait in line for the traffic to start moving like every one else AND HAVE MORE PATIENCE

 

Just my opinion

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he was on a motorcycle who according to his instructor told him he could ride alongside slow or stopped traffic if it was safe to do so

 

If it was safe to do so ........

 

You have his side of the story to go on.

I don't know the car driver's story, but (considering the prosecution!) what if the car driver said something along the lines of:

 

"Slow moving traffic on single lane road, I signalled to turn right, checking my mirror"

"I started my right turn and the motorcyclist and my car collided"

 

Was there another car behind the car that turned (possibly obscuring your son's sight of the turning car's indicator)?

If so, have they given a statement??

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Filtering is legal.

 

And it's okay to filter if you do so with care. You can't just zip along the outside of slow moving or stationary traffic. You need to take care passing each individual vehicle.

 

A lot of my work is with people who have been damaged in RTAs, and getting knocked off a bike can often result in permanent paralysis. Everyone on a bike needs to drive defensively, because in an accident with a car or van the bike will always come off worse.

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Filtering is legal provided it's done carefully. The Highway Code acknowledges this and says "when filtering in slow-moving traffic, take care and keep your speed low" (Rule 88) The motorcyclist has a duty to take care, keep a close eye on the traffic ahead, and be ready to stop if someone pulls out. The motorist has a duty to consider the possibility that there may be motorcyclists filtering, and to check that it's safe to pull out before doing so. It's quite possible for them both to negligent in their respective duties and therefore both be guilty of careless driving.

 

There are numerous cases, eg here, which show that there's no hard and fast rule that it's always the motorists fault or always the biker's fault - it depends on the particular circumstances. Note that those cases concern civil liability rather than the criminal offence of careless driving, but many of the principles are the same.

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hmm,what this kid has done,Ive done myself on a motorbike! coasting along at the side of the cars,right up until some one pulls out turning,he was lucky he wasnt badly injured,I dont think most people use their indicators,in that situation would most people think bike? he was very lucky,Ive known a few people who have been badly injured like that especially if you are coasting up the inside and you get a lorry turning left! hopefully he will be alot more careful regards no indicators and even if indicators are on,if you are sat at a road junction trying to turn right and a car is coming,indicating left,dont pull out,he might have forgotten to cancel the indicators!,at the end of the day you are going to get injured on a bike in any accident whether its the bikers fault or not

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Whatever happens this time at least he'll be more cautious in future and that may save him from a very nasty accident.

 

One of the saddest things I've ever seen is wards full of beautiful boys in their teens and 20s at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. One of my loveliest clients was knocked over by a van and is paralysed from armpit level down. He was 22.

 

Please tell your grandson to always be very careful.

 

DDx

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