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Car Accident - Summons
Last October my husband had a bump in the car. We informed his insurance and sorted all the paperwork etc. Out of the blue 2 weeks ago he received a letter telling him he will receive a summons to appear in court regarding the accident. We are in our late 70s and have never ever had this sort of experience before. We sent the letter to the insurance company and not hearing from them he phoned them after a week to ask what was happening . He was assured that everything was paid and settled. This morning he received a summons to appear in court. (The insurance states free legal advice). We really really do not want to go to court. Please someone give us advice.
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From your wording (“served on the 8 March.”) that would appear to be the date on which the papers were served to you!!! (that’s why I said “they were served next Tuesday”). There should be a date on which any court hearing is to take place and that should give you a decent amount of time to get your information together. It would certainly not be just a...
12:46 Sat 05th Mar 2016
It could simply be an administrative error (either by your own insurer or by the other party's insurer). You can probably get it all sorted out quickly with Adrian Flux as long as you can tell them exactly what the £1200 is being claimed for. (Is it for damage to the other person's vehicle, for alleged injury to them or, for example, for their loss of earnings while their vehicle was off the road?).
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"It just says served on the 8 March. ??"
So it says it was served next Tuesday!!!
Get in touch with your insurers on Monday and ask them to sort it out pronto and let you know the outcome. When you know, contact the court in question and let them know (the insurers will probably neglect to do this). Keep in touch with the court because the matter may not be discontinued. If it is not you should attend on the hearing date and explain what has happened. If you don't a judgement may be awarded against you in your absence.
So it says it was served next Tuesday!!!
Get in touch with your insurers on Monday and ask them to sort it out pronto and let you know the outcome. When you know, contact the court in question and let them know (the insurers will probably neglect to do this). Keep in touch with the court because the matter may not be discontinued. If it is not you should attend on the hearing date and explain what has happened. If you don't a judgement may be awarded against you in your absence.
From your wording (“served on the 8 March.”) that would appear to be the date on which the papers were served to you!!! (that’s why I said “they were served next Tuesday”).
There should be a date on which any court hearing is to take place and that should give you a decent amount of time to get your information together. It would certainly not be just a matter of days. Have a look through the papers and see if any dates for a hearing are mentioned.
Your first port of call should be your insurer’s claims dept. (You need to contact them anyway in case the sums claimed in this matter are in addition to the sum they have already settled). Find out what they have paid out and to whom. Then get them to make enquiries about this matter. That’s what you pay them to do.
There should be a date on which any court hearing is to take place and that should give you a decent amount of time to get your information together. It would certainly not be just a matter of days. Have a look through the papers and see if any dates for a hearing are mentioned.
Your first port of call should be your insurer’s claims dept. (You need to contact them anyway in case the sums claimed in this matter are in addition to the sum they have already settled). Find out what they have paid out and to whom. Then get them to make enquiries about this matter. That’s what you pay them to do.
Thank you for your advice New Judge. It appears we are stuck until Monday, but we will follow your advice. Have looked through the papers and cannot find any hearing date, other than something about needing another 14 days extra time. Don't understand the jargon. Nevertheless, thank you. The date is a date stamp which says - 'Date of Servic 8 March 2016' (minus the e).Thank you for your advice New Judge. It appears we are stuck until Monday, but we will follow your advice. Have looked through the papers and cannot find any hearing date, other than something about needing another 14 days extra time. Don't understand the jargon. Nevertheless, thank you. The date is a date stamp which says - 'Date of Servic 8 March 2016' (minus the e).
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