County court claim

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Benjy911

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544 posts

146 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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In August 2016 my sister had a very minor collision with another car in a supermarket car park. Her car is a blue Fiat Panda with a number plate in the style of AB 12 ABC. Both cars were reversing and there was more damage to the other car as it was a large four wheel drive which did not stop sliding down her bumper until I got out of the car and shouted at its driver.

At the time of the incident the other driver said that she would discuss it with her husband but we heard nothing further and assumed, especially as her car was already dented, that she was not pursuing it.

In February this year we had contact from our insurer to say that a claim had been made against my mother's car, a blue Renault Capture with a number plate in the style of A 5 ABC. We told the insurance company that my sister had never driven the Captur and was not even insured on it. The company therefore rejected the claim.

My sister has now received a claim through moneyclaimonline to be heard at the county court in Lewes.

Brief details of claim state: damages arising from a road traffic accident on the 20th. August 2016

When it goes to particulars of claim it states .... the Defendant was driver of vehicle registration A 5 ABC .....

It then states that ..... the Defendant driving vehicle registration A 5 ABC reversed from a parking bay .......

Does the fact that she has the wrong registration plate have any bearing on the court action?

Gavia

7,627 posts

91 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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You send it to your insurers and that's it.

Sebring440

2,011 posts

96 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Gavia said:
You send it to your insurers and that's it.
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TooLateForAName

4,747 posts

184 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Gavia said:
You send it to your insurers and that's it.
Your sisters insurers

surveyor_101

5,069 posts

179 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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So your sister did not make it clear she was involved in a collision in another vehicle?

Did she report the incident to her insurers at the time?

spikyone

1,454 posts

100 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Benjy911 said:
In August 2016 my sister had a very minor collision with another car in a supermarket car park. Her car is a blue Fiat Panda with a number plate in the style of AB 12 ABC. Both cars were reversing and there was more damage to the other car as it was a large four wheel drive which did not stop sliding down her bumper until I got out of the car and shouted at its driver.

At the time of the incident the other driver said that she would discuss it with her husband but we heard nothing further and assumed, especially as her car was already dented, that she was not pursuing it.

In February this year we had contact from our insurer to say that a claim had been made against my mother's car, a blue Renault Capture with a number plate in the style of A 5 ABC. We told the insurance company that my sister had never driven the Captur and was not even insured on it. The company therefore rejected the claim.

My sister has now received a claim through moneyclaimonline to be heard at the county court in Lewes.

Brief details of claim state: damages arising from a road traffic accident on the 20th. August 2016

When it goes to particulars of claim it states .... the Defendant was driver of vehicle registration A 5 ABC .....

It then states that ..... the Defendant driving vehicle registration A 5 ABC reversed from a parking bay .......

Does the fact that she has the wrong registration plate have any bearing on the court action?
So your sister had a bump in a Fiat, and now has a court claim against your mother's Renault? Are you just assuming that this relates to the bump you know about? Do your mother and sister live at the same address and have the same initials? Or are the cars insured on a multicar policy? Otherwise, how did TP involved in the parking bump with the Fiat get the registration of the Renault, and how are they chasing your sister if the Renault is your mother's?