Hodge Jones & Allen

Our client was cycling to work one morning when a delivery van failed to give way and collided into her causing her to fall. She landed on her bike and banged her face on the road, sustaining cuts to her lips, chin and hands, fractures of two teeth and damage to previously completed dental work. Our client was left with a small facial scar. The police did not prosecute the van driver, but gave a formal warning for the offence of driving without due care and attention.

The motor insurers of the van driver accepted liability. The claim ultimately settled before proceedings on the basis of a payment of £4,000 for pain and suffering, plus the cost of bike repairs and 50% of the cost of future dental treatment which in total was a further £1,800. The case was funded by the Claimant's own legal expenses insurance policy.