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Yes I put this badly. Perhaps I was imagining how the Daily Mail would have reported the story if it was an aggressively anti-motorist paper (hence the single capitalised word, a favourite device of that mighty organ).
Seriously though, while I don't think the case is anywhere near as clearcut as you suggest, I'm more concerned about the wider implications, the inherent danger posed to cyclists and peds on residential streets by fast and big vehicles, and the lack of 20mph limits etc, as discussed at length in the CL post I cited above.
These are well-rehearsed argument that we don't need to go into here but I also subscribe to the view expressed in that post that 'in most of Europe the cyclist would have succeeded in his claim against the HGV driver despite the driver being held not to be at fault. This is, in my view, justifiable here on the premise that HGVs are large dangerous vehicles which should only be permitted onto the roads o terms that they pay for the damage occasioned by their presence. However I hold a minority view on this and although widespread in the European Union and apparently recommended by the soon to be abolished quango, Cycling England; the motoring public here would not stand for it and it is manifestly not something the Judges can alter.