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To be fair, he was riding like a bit of a twat, but not to the extent where he deserves to pay £100k in legal fees for an accident where the blame was apportioned equally (IMO).
It's really a shame that it went to court in the first place, causing 2 years of stress and lawyers' fees, rather than both parties recognising their own part in what happened, being grateful it wasn't worse, and leaving it at that.
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not to the extent where he deserves to pay £100k in legal fees for an accident where the blame was apportioned equally (IMO).
That was due to a quirk of the legal system though wasn't it? As I understand it, the pedestrian entered a claim, he could equally validly entered a counterclaim, which would have balanced it, but he didn't. Therefore when her claim was found to be valid (or whatever the correct term is) he ended up on the hook for a heap of cash, despite the fault having been found as 50:50.
ffm
That and you can ride like a twat and get away with it though the sympathy of others who worry they may find themselves in a similar situation.
Not too different from driving like a twat and walking away from a jury trial for the same reason.