Taking the p or what?
Discussion
Read this and give me your thoughts please.
A friend lives in a seaside cottage with an unmade road bordering one side of his property signposted as a "bridlepath". It is a road which the council does not maintain but has on a previous occasion filled in some potholes with hardcore. The road is used by people for access to the beach and for other residents to their houses.
One afternoon my friend had a knock at the door by the owner of a Range Rover who claimed that his car had been damaged by an unmaintained hedge on my friend's property and he wanted £600 compensation.
Subsequently, we measured the road and found it to be a good two feet wider than a Range Rover and the hedge was relatively soft so that in order to scratch his car, we believe he would have to have been doing some serious off-roading.
My friend has now received a demand for £750 or an invitation to go to court. Besides telling the guy to f
off, what are the realistic options?
A friend lives in a seaside cottage with an unmade road bordering one side of his property signposted as a "bridlepath". It is a road which the council does not maintain but has on a previous occasion filled in some potholes with hardcore. The road is used by people for access to the beach and for other residents to their houses.
One afternoon my friend had a knock at the door by the owner of a Range Rover who claimed that his car had been damaged by an unmaintained hedge on my friend's property and he wanted £600 compensation.
Subsequently, we measured the road and found it to be a good two feet wider than a Range Rover and the hedge was relatively soft so that in order to scratch his car, we believe he would have to have been doing some serious off-roading.
My friend has now received a demand for £750 or an invitation to go to court. Besides telling the guy to f
off, what are the realistic options?
Bridleways can be ways of access too, one near me is 6ft wide, has a national speed limit sign just before it begins and is not the councils problem as it's only used to gain access as a right of way but is still a bridleway
As to the RR, he's trying it on but law in the UK works on money so depends what's cheapest.
As to the RR, he's trying it on but law in the UK works on money so depends what's cheapest.
Edited by tercelgold on Tuesday 4th September 19:48
Chicane-UK said:
It is, to show knuckle draggers like the RR owner that sometimes they have to take responsibility for their mistakes and not blame other people all the time.
Odds are, they'll only switch the blame to the 'unjust court system'/'biased judges'/'bribery'/'insert ridiculous way of avoiding responsibility here'.They're not going to turn around and accept the result.
"We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram". (link not safe for work)
There is another problem with angry, self righteous fktards such as this. A late night brick through your window - or worse - if you don't play the game his way. He's obviously stupid enough to knock on the door in the first place so it's anybody's guess what else he's capable of.
Sorry
ktards such as this. A late night brick through your window - or worse - if you don't play the game his way. He's obviously stupid enough to knock on the door in the first place so it's anybody's guess what else he's capable of. Sorry
Jaguar steve said:
There is another problem with angry, self righteous fktards such as this. A late night brick through your window - or worse - if you don't play the game his way. He's obviously stupid enough to knock on the door in the first place so it's anybody's guess what else he's capable of.
Sorry
I see where you're coming from, Jaguar Steve. However, what's to stop him doing the same a month later? Or on a weekly basis? To pay money under threat is blackmail. Anyway, if he hasn't implied any such threat yet, the chances of him doing so are very small. If he escalates things by using threats, it becomes a police matter.ktards such as this. A late night brick through your window - or worse - if you don't play the game his way. He's obviously stupid enough to knock on the door in the first place so it's anybody's guess what else he's capable of. Sorry
I know it's easy to be a "keyboard warrior", but you can't simply hand over large amounts of cash to strangers because they're being a dick. If you do, they'll keep doing it. Sometimes, you have to stand up to people.
blearyeyedboy said:
Jaguar steve said:
There is another problem with angry, self righteous fktards such as this. A late night brick through your window - or worse - if you don't play the game his way. He's obviously stupid enough to knock on the door in the first place so it's anybody's guess what else he's capable of.
Sorry
I see where you're coming from, Jaguar Steve. However, what's to stop him doing the same a month later? Or on a weekly basis? To pay money under threat is blackmail. Anyway, if he hasn't implied any such threat yet, the chances of him doing so are very small. If he escalates things by using threats, it becomes a police matter.ktards such as this. A late night brick through your window - or worse - if you don't play the game his way. He's obviously stupid enough to knock on the door in the first place so it's anybody's guess what else he's capable of. Sorry
I know it's easy to be a "keyboard warrior", but you can't simply hand over large amounts of cash to strangers because they're being a dick. If you do, they'll keep doing it. Sometimes, you have to stand up to people.
Although I've never managed to prove anything I suspect that an outbreak of targeted petty vandalism to my car that happened to me in the past was over a buisness dispute and know from experience it's almost impossible to find sufficent proof of whom is responsible for the police to take any action or to prevent it happening again.
At least you have the aggrieved persons details, and more importantly he'll know you do, so if anything does kick off - which I certainly hope it doesn't - you can pass the whole matter over to the police.
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