Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Guide To Hit And Run Personal Injury Claims

Guide To Hit And Run Personal Injury Claims



If you have been the victim of a hit and run accident where the other mingle is secret or untraced the MyClaim personal injury squad can help you secure the personal injury compensation you deserve.
The second motor insurance ordinance ( 84 / 5EEC ) stated that each piece state of the European Union was required to set up or authorise a body charged with the task of compensation at primeval up to the minimum limits required to sad property or personal injury caused by an whatchamacallit vehicle or uninsured vehicle.
For those people who drawn out personal injuries and losses as a reaction of an new driver they would ordinarily have no way of gaining compensation. Well-qualified is however the Untraced Drivers Agreement 2003.
When making a claim under the Untraced Drivers Agreement the applicant needs to consent with certain conditions.
The agreement applies where the death or rightful injury to a person or damage to any property caused by the use of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place in Great Britain and if the applicant cannot name the person who appears to be liable.
The accident must have been reported to the police within 14 days. If the claim is limited to property damage only it must be reported within 5 days of the event of the accident.
Satisfactory evidence ( corresponding as a crime numeral ) must be produced when making the application to the Motor Insurers Bureau.
Time limits also promote to Untraced Claims. If an applicant is to stand any chance of recovering compensation the Motor Insurers Bureau must be notified within a period of 3 senescence from the sit-in of the accident. Like all other personal injury claims the Claimant / Applicant will be stature barred if a claim is not made within this trick figure.
Where thinkable photographs of the accident scene should be enticed and the names and addresses of any witnesses should be premium solitary.
In adoration of funding, costs are sparse to a giveaway only from the MIB. On this starting point a Conditional Fee Agreement ( No Win No Fee ) cannot be entered thing. Hit and Run claims are regularly conducted under a hope fee agreement whereby a ratio of the damages awarded is retained as costs.
If you are involved in an accident whereby the Defendant was driving a stolen vehicle and failed to break off, an application should be made to the Motor Insurers Bureau in cooperation with the Untraced Drivers Agreement.
If the vehicle is stopped and the driver identified, the registered insurers of the vehicle are still tied to redeem the victim.
In this instance any witness details should be noted down and the police should be called.
Photographs should also be taken of the stolen vehicle and the accident scene.
The MyClaim personal injury team have over 20 years experience of handling these claims. If you have been the victim of a hit and run accident please contact us by wrapping in the online claim framework or by calling our 24 hour helpline on 0800 731 2586.

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