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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
>>Especially as l know as fact that every claim for injury is settled without contest.<<
How much does that cost us?
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Funnily enough one of Lord Britcliffes efficeiency savings last year was to reduce insurance costs by simply agreeing a greater excess on the policy. Trips and bumps had an excess of £1000 but that is now £5000. So every lost claim is £5000. I dont think they have lost to many as yet but the legal department [with the cuts and the ELEVATE housing programme] is overstretched.
The lastest shoddy section is the top of Broadway past the shops up for sale near scope. Like a water bed.
The Market Square Development has just had final hadn over about three week ago so up to that point all claims were the responsibilities of the developers [of which I think we are a third - not clear on what liability we had then for trips]
The issue was the sand based flagging could not survive the suction of the 4 wheel street sweepers and so they became washed out and unstable. The contractors blamed the Council but evidently you cant get one of those machines down by the bus stops along the market pavillions so it was poor workmanship. The Council coughed up [I think] £10,000?? for its share of the repairs which delayed final signing of contracts.