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I feel very strongly that you should be more careful about the frequent advice you give your readers to use the Small Claims track of the County Court, because the fact of the matter is that this justice...
In the few months from new, my new car has been in the garage for over 2 months, of that we have been left with a small courtesy car, and some periods of having 'no car' for periods whilst the vehicle...
Can you let me know if one can legally go through a temporary red light at a road works that is failing to change to green and there is no oncoming traffic?
If your garage returned your car after servicing, by special truck, and damaged it, what would you do? The car: a Bentley. The damage: Scraped the entire front wing and part of the driver's door. First...
Last August 09 I sold my car to a main dealer. They took the Logbook, MOT, etc. and they signed the V5 slip along with me and I sent this to the Royal Mail. In November I had a letter from the DVLA saying...
Last summer whilst I was parked at our local hospital, the car in front reversed into me as he was about to leave. We exchanged details and I had my car checked the following day but other than a small...
Emma Wall (Your Money, January 30th) attributes rising motor premiums to fraudulent claims and uninsured drivers. I suggest that the third reason is the increasing involvement of accident management companies....
I have a 2000 Corsa 1.7D GLS that doesn't look too tidy and with a high mileage but which has been very well maintained, with FSH and serviced every 5,000 miles. Everything works, it still drives like...
Last July, just before my car insurance came up for renewal, I was side-swiped on a dual carriageway by a motorist trying to pull out to overtake parked cars without looking. There were no witnesses. The...
I have this week sustained damage totalling nearly £800 to my beloved BMW 728i Sport. The o/s/f coil spring snapped. And a tyre was subsequently damaged. I propose suing West Sussex County Council (WSCC)...
 

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