Sue him. Ok the insurance will pay for it, but he'll lose any no-claims
discount he may have had. Weird how they let legally 'blind' people
drive, but demonise talking on the phone... Strange world.

Well, this was my thoughts. however, my solicitor would have nothing to
do with it. Wouldnt even advise me. He has now been sacked.

I do not believe that justice has been done, so if anyone knows of a way
I can go about it I would be very interested.

Most people round here seem to phone the CTC legal helpline, but I presume
you're not a member. You could try a specialist personal injury solicitor
thingy. No win no fee dooberry's can make it pretty much risk free for you
(unless you decide you can't be bothered with it all in the middle of the
case), at the expense of taking a little of your compensation should you win
the case. Should you go down that route some of them can be a bit of a con
so read the small print and ask questions. Nowadays they can claim most of
their costs from the insurers so not that much needs to be taken from your
winnings.

Since most of your claim for compensation will rest on the long term damge
to your leg it'll be quite involved for you - your expert medical bod will
want to examine you and so will the other sides, possibly more thn once
(just to be difficult). The whole thing will take a fair while to do but at
the end of it you'll probably have a reasonable sized cheque at the end of
it.

Oh, one other thing. Don't go with any of te companies that market
aggressively on TV or by stopping people in the street. They use several
solicitors who have to takeon a certain percentage of cases that pass over
their desks. There is a temptation to take on cases that may be a little
dodgy so they don't lose their contract. Most solicitors will do some form
of no win no fee funding and its bad reputation is pretty much undeserved.

Let us know if you decide to go ahead with it.

Mark