3rd party Insurance company not paying mine

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Wifey was run into by a local electrical company van last november, other driver admitted liability & the BiB gave him a driver education course. My insurance paid up but it now seems the other parties insurance company won't pay the NFU and it is going to court shortly. Is this normal? Been told we may need to make an appearance as witnesses, will it get that far?

thoughts please

ta

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in what way?

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wife stationary in queue for lights, van driver didn't stop, hit wifey hard enough to push her into van in front, all 3 vehicles written off. Independent witnesses, everyone (including police) blame sparky van. NFU paid our claim straight away, now thier legal team has informed us of the court case.

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NFU had received a letter from rear van stating they were accepting liability. Frfom my understanding from the letters received the liability has been agreed by all 3 insurance companies, and this is just a failure to pay. Can they change their mind after admitting liability? The actual claim value for us is not huge, no medical claims etc.

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The Spruce goose said:

does it make any difference if the handbrake was off and too close to the other car, for example, in accidents like this?

Wifey was stationary, auto box in N, handbrake on, about 1/2 car length from van in front. 3 ton of van at 35mph has some energy! Bent the shell of her grand cherokee, pushed her into 10yo transit which pushed its rear doors in and mangled the rear door frame to make it b.e.r.

Back to my original question. I take it this is more likely to be an admin cockup then rather than them now contesting the facts/claim?

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C. Grimsley said:

Having kind of the same issue at the minute, it's going court in a couple of weeks, although the other party has admitted liability it seems they don't agree with some of the costs, it looks like the judge gets the final say so, my solicitor feels use the other party has admitted liability it's 80% there it's just a case of going through the costs that have been forwarded and making sure they are reasonable.

After 10 months it's just a joke in my eyes, with all this going on and the length of time it's taken it's just upped the claim ten fold.

Carl

Keep us informed. Have you been paid out by your insurer? Just checked the paperwork & they have paid our car hire costs but haven't paid the cost of the vehicle (less its salvage value it was £1750) Seems daft, I bet if it goes to court the costs will be half that.