Bikelawyer’s Andrew Campbell, is MCN’s Legal expert and columnist writing the weekly MCN Law column. Andrew has been writing for MCN for over a decade. Readers write in with their questions and Andrew answers them. Links to the weekly law columns can be found below.
Compensation after a diesel spill
Question I decided to dust off my bike yesterday and go out for a ride due to the nice weather. No more than ten minutes later I lost traction...
Can I ride one handed?
Question A friend of mine who is a traffic highway patrol officer has mentioned to me that I should be wary of riding with only one hand on the...
Knocked off in France
Question I was on a riding holiday with friends in France over the Easter bank holiday when I was involved in an accident. I was riding at the rear...
Blow out accident
Question My cousin had an accident on his Fazer caused by a van coming the other way towards him having a tyre blow out. He has been told by...
Bike accident caused by a child
Question Last September I was riding my GSXR to work in Birmingham. It was a single carriageway road with lanes in both directions with kerbs both sides and the...
Liability for damage caused by helmet
Question I was popping into my local supermarket to pick up a couple of things and parked my bike up. I put the foot rest down and was getting...
Accident caused by falling tree branch
Question I was involved in a freak accident on 27 May. A huge branch just dropped off a tree into the road right in front of me and I...
Collision with crashed car
Question Around 2 years ago I was riding my Triumph home from work along a main A road .The road is mainly a single carriageway, but at certain points...
Compensation culture
Question I heard on the news that there are changes coming in to lower compensation for injuries in road traffic accidents. My wife was rear ended on her bike...
Hit riding to work without commuter insurance
If you’ve been involved in a collision during commuting hours when there is a high volume of traffic on the road, you might find yourself feeling confused about the...
Cocaine pain
Question I have a compo claim due to an accident last summer. I was on the back of my mate’s bike as he was giving me a lift home....
Canoe conundrum
Question Last weekend I was riding down to West Wales in the middle lane of the M4 motorway. Quite some way ahead of me in the inside lane was...
Driverless cars
Question I have read a few horror stories recently about driverless cars causing fatalities and this got me thinking. If I were to be knocked off my bike by...
PCP deals
Question Hi, not strictly a legal question, but with the great popularity of PCP finance as a means to getting a shiny new bike, I was wondering about financial...
Causation
Question I had a no fault accident 6 months ago and the driver’s insurer admitted liability. They instructed a rehabilitation company but the insurance company is refusing to pay...
Diesel spills and the police
Question Last summer I lost control of my bike on a bend due to some diesel on the road. I felt a bit shaken up but OK at the...
Pedestrian v bike
Question I was riding my scooter to work when traffic came to a halt up ahead. There was nothing coming the other way towards me so I filtered past...
Pothole Problem
Question I came off when my front wheel hit a pothole and unfortunately had some nasty road rash and a broken wrist as a result. I have complained to...
Taking me to the cleaners
Question I was taken out whilst filtering on my Tiger in September 2016. My claim has gone very smoothly with my solicitors until we have reached a point where...
Run off the road
Question I had an accident when I lost control of my Fireblade because some moron ran me off the road and fled the scene. I had whiplash injuries, a...
