My solicitor is a guy called Andrew Clarke from Fletchers Solicitors appointed by my insurers (MCE) so I have faith that he will fight the good fight. I have not claimed on my insurance as I feel I was not to blame. He has been dealing with motorcycle claims for 25 years and he has mentioned that it will likely go 50/50 from past experience, though what with the failure to look right and the vehicle being un-roadworthy, I would have at lest thought it would be a pretty strong case for negligence on their side and thus I would be coming off better in the case.
What I would really like to know is did the driver have any points due to the bald tyres as I am sure this would strengthen my case.
The other parties solicitors have not replied since their first response 6 months back to say their client is at no fault at all and that "We believe your client (me) was the author of his own misfortune and invite him to discontinue his claim" which really got my back up somewhat.
