Legal Q&A
Legal Q&A
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Motorcycle legal advice: Your questions answered
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Our specialist motoring solicitor Andrew Prendergast is back to guide you through motorcycle legal trials and troubles.
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Motorcycle legal advice: Can I be ‘nicked’ for drink-driving on private property?
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I got nicked for drink-driving as I blew 130 micrograms in the car park – and that’s the point; I never made it to the road. If I had done, I reckon they would have had me bang to rights, but they mucked up.
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Motorcycle legal advice: Is my solicitor just being cautious? Or trying to make more fees?
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My solicitor has said I need to be careful as it’s still less than a year post accident and we don’t know what the future holds. Is my solicitor just being cautious? Or trying to make more fees?
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Motorcycle legal advice: Can I be compensated as a blameless victim of a violent crime?
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Straddling my motorcycle in traffic with my headphones in listening to a podcast, all hell broke loose as I was barged on to the floor by two scally lads trying to nick my bike.
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Motorcycle legal advice: Will I be liable if they don’t get the charges from the other side?
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I got sideswiped by a truck whilst filtering through traffic; he clipped my bike’s rear end, breaking my back light and rear mudguard whilst trying to get out of a junction.
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Motorcycle legal advice: What do I do if I purchased a dodgy second-hand?
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I bought a ‘nearly new’ Suzuki GW250, which the dealer told me had just been serviced. The next day, I was sitting at traffic lights when the engine just stopped.
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Motorcycle legal advice: The solicitor said I earn too much money to get Legal Aid, is this unjust?
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I’ve come into biking late, passing my test a year ago and buying a CBR600F. Why didn’t I do this earlier, I’d think, every time I hopped on…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Should I settle my claim for less?
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My husband recently picked up his first set of wheels. Now, whilst I was born with only one foot; my life has been pretty normal and my foot (or lack of) has never held me back – until now. Long story short, we were riding two-up when a car coming from the opposite direction hooked…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Do I have to use my insurer-appointed solicitor?
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Q Do I have to stick with my insurer panel appointed solicitor? He is a muppet. Some spoon banged into the rear of my bike at a junction. I fell off and got hurt. Simple you would think. However, the said “spoon” has alleged I reversed into him at speed after selecting the wrong gear and…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Traffic management systems made me crash!
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Q Have I had the most random accident ever? I was riding on my old CB750k2, and there were some of those rubber tubes across the road that measure the traffic – they were attached to a metal box chained to a lamppost. An articulated lorry coming from the opposite direction drove over them and I…