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Required to attend court hearing

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user1471446861 · 02/08/2018 14:09

A motorbike crashed into and wrote off my car in December 2015. I was not at fault. Third party accepted liability and the claim has been settled apart from the outstanding hire car charges from a company called Claimfast, which the third party insurers have refused to pay.
Today I received a letter from the solicitors who handled my case advising me that my case has been listed for a Trial Hearing at the County Court at the end of the month and I am required to attend.
The letter doesn't state whether it is me vs Claimfast or me vs the third party insurers.
I have never been to court before so am feeling quite anxious.
I am unable to find out it if I could be liable for the hire charges of £7000!
Has anyone had experience of this?

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BoneyBackJefferson · 02/08/2018 14:17

Ring the solicitors and find out exactly what is going on and what will be expected of you.

user1471446861 · 02/08/2018 14:21

Thanks for replying Boney I called them when I got the letter but the person who's dealing with my case is away until Monday and the person I spoke to said she didn't want to give me wrong information.
I've googled to find similar scenarios. There are quite a few stories about Claimfast but I couldn't find any about being required to attend court or about whether anyone had been liable for costs.

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BoneyBackJefferson · 02/08/2018 14:24

the one time I went to court about an insurance pay out they mainly asked to make sure that there was no "betterment" for financial gain.

Try posting in legal.

user1471446861 · 02/08/2018 14:34

Thanks Boney I will try that.

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