Sytner/Albany/Principia Law raised a claim where i am the claimant for Hire Car Costs

[JohnSm]

Hello,

 

I've a similar story where my car got rear ended.

 

I've decided to use Sytner (Mercedes dealer) Insurance to claim for me in order to repair the car in the official dealership.

 

Sytner then uses Auxillis and everything was taken care properly but after 1/2 months I've received the contact from Principia Law where they will act for me to recover the HIRE CAR loses.

 

I'm concerned about the terms and conditions where it's mentioned the costs (success costs + police report etc) that I've to pay that I was not aware!

 

I was not aware of the need for an external company and hidden fees, can someone explain a bit more how this works ?

 

Thanks in advance

[SuperVillain]

In brief, you have ultimate liability for the hire charges, that is the nature of the credit hire agreement you have signed.

 

Your agreement with Auxillis will mention somewhere regarding your obligation to assist them in any litigation to recover the hire charges.

 

To do this they instruct a law firm, in this case Principia, to deal with that side of things.

 

How much did the hire charges total (i.e. was it over £10k)? And do you know if the other side's insurers have formally admitted liability for the incident?

 

Without seeing the T&Cs it's hard to say what your obligations under that contract are. Maybe you could copy/paste the specific sections that concern you, however I would not suggest posting up the entire T&Cs on here without first consulting a member of the site team to check that it's ok to do that.