{"id":18385,"date":"2015-07-03T13:09:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=18385"},"modified":"2016-10-28T12:52:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T11:52:48","slug":"how-to-make-a-successful-pothole-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2015\/07\/03\/how-to-make-a-successful-pothole-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a successful pothole claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making a successful pothole claim is not an easy thing to do. The law that applies when investigating and finding out whether you are entitled to compensation for a pothole accident is not on the side of the victim at all.<\/p>\n

On top of that, courts generally do not like cases against the public sector, so even where we believe you have a genuine claim you may still not win.<\/p>\n

This, of course, leaves the question: what’s the best way of making a successful pothole claim?<\/strong>
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The law<\/h2>\n

The best place to start would be with a brief look at the law…<\/p>\n

When you make a pothole claim against the local authority you will normally apply The Highways Act<\/strong>. However, the local authority has a special defence within the Highways Act that means they do not have to pay out where:<\/p>\n

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