Are we at fault?

[Mel38]

who's at fault? We were waiting at a steep junction to pullout & turn right & had to edge forward slightly to be able to see traffic coming from the right. As the houses had very high garden walls. A line of 4-5 cars were appoaching from the left so we were stationary. A car came from the right & screeched to a halt into the front of our car. We asked the woman driver if she was ok & she was. We asked if she wanted the police called and she said no.She stayed in her car & asked us not move our car. The driver rung her husband & when he arrived he told us that he wasn't bothered about his car because it was a "banger" & he was not paying for ours as it ws our fault.There was slight damage to our car (a 53 plate Laguna) & none to the other one( an 'R' reg clio). He was very cocky in his manner as if it was nothing & we were idiots. He said we could go through the insurers if we wanted to but it would be pointless as we were at fault because we were over the white line & in the highway. This is a village in South Wales & these bad junctions are everywhere. It is a common occurence to have to pull out a certain amount to be able to see what's coming. Is this man correct? A young woman was walking down the hill behind us & said she would stand witness that we were not moving when the car hit us. Only helpful answers please not criticisms as I had from someone earlier. I am new to this forum.

[TWR]

Hi very interesting answers, something like this happened to me a few years ago, At the time it was said 50/50 I said no, I fought the case & won. HOW note the time of the accident, a witness & their name, the weather conditions, try to find out the time she left her home (This is important) to the "TIME" that the accident happened, In other words if she had been travelling at the correct speed she would not have been in that area of the time of the accident, does this make sense MEL?