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    Motor legal expenses

    T h is m o to r lega l e xp e nse s in su ra n ce is in clu de d w ith in yo u r C SM A C lu b m e m be rsh ip fo r

    in cide n ts w hic h h a p p e n w h ile yo u re a m e m b e r o f C S M A C lu b . It cov er s yo u a n d yo u r

    sp o use /p artn er w ho liv es w ith yo u, fo r a n y m oto r ve h icle th a t yo u o r yo ur sp o u se /p artner

    ar e insure d to d riv e an d w il l co m pl e m en t a ny m o to r in su ra n ce policy.

    This sec tio n of yo u r in su ra n ce is m a na g ed in d e pe n de n tly o n o u r b e ha lf b y A rc L e ga l

    Assistan c e A rc ).

    M o to r ac cid e nt s ar e al w ay s st re ssfu l, p a rt icular ly if y o u o r a p a ssen ge r h a s b ee n injured .

    T h e la s t t h in g yo u n e ed is a lo n g a n d e xp e n sive le g a l d isp u te to w o rr y a b o u t.

    T his is w h er e m o to r le ga l e xp en se s in su ra nc e c an h elp . I f y o u r e i nv o lv e d in a roa d traffic

    co lli s ion th a t is n o t yo u r fa u lt, yo u h av e a le g a l rig h t to clai m b ac k yo u r unin sur e d losses

    fro m th e p ers on w h o w a s a t fa u lt.

    U n in s u re d l o ss e s i n cl u de t h e f o ll o w in g :

    Co m pe ns ation fo r inj u ry or de at h.

    Yo ur p olic y ex c es s .

    R eas on a ble h ire c ha rges fo r a c ourt es y ve hicle

    w hile y ou rs is be ing repa ired .

    Co m pen s ation for y ou n ot be ing a ble to us e

    yo ur ve hic le .

    Ac c iden t re p air c o sts.

    C o m p e n s a tio n for d am ag e to y o ur c loth es,

    l uggage or p erso n al belo n gings .

    How to claim

    T o c la im u nd er yo ur m oto r leg al exp e ns es

    in s urance , p lea se c all

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    Pl eas e qu ote y ou r C SM A C lu b m e m b e rs h ip

    n u m b e r.

    L eg a l a d vi c e s e rv i ce

    Y ou r m o to r legal e xp en s es ins ura n ce also

    entitles y ou to use our free leg al adv ic e teleph on e

    h elp lin e s er v ic e . T h is s ervi c e is av ai la ble a ny tim e

    of th e d ay o r night to g iv e y ou fre e leg a l a d vic e o n

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    C a lls m a y be re co rde d fo r tra in in g a nd m onitoring

    pu rp ose s .

    Definitions

    T h e fo llo w in g wo rd s o r p hrase s ha v e th e sa m e

    m e a nin g w h erev er the y app ea r in th is le afle t.

    A r c

    Ar c Le ga l A s s is t ance

    I n c i d e n t

    A ro ad traff ic coll is io n or a n inc iden t res ultin g in

    a pr os ec ut io n o r s um m o ns inv o lv ing the ins ured

    ve h ic le.

    In s u re d p e rs o n

    yo u;

    an y ot h er pe rs on al lo w ed by yo u w h o is ins ur ed

    to d riv e th e insu red v eh ic le ;

    an y p as s enge r tr av elling in or on the i ns ured

    ve hic le.

    I n su r e d v e h ic l e

    A ny m o to r ve hi c le w hi c h y ou ow n or for w hi c h

    y ou are leg a lly res pons i ble inc lud ing an y c arava n

    or tra iler w hi le th ey are a ttach ed to the i ns ure d

    ve h ic le for t ow i ng.

    L e g al e x p en s e s

    Re a so nable le ga l fee s, c os ts and ex pen s es c harg ed

    by y o ur leg al rep re se ntative, w hic h w ill b e as s es s ed

    on the s ta nd ard ba s is or in ac co rdance w ith

    fi xe d c os ts s et out in Th e C iv il P roc edur e Ru le s if

    ap plicable.

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    P r o v id e d t h at :

    the in c iden t occ urs wi th in the p eriod of

    in s ur anc e;

    th e inc ident oc c urs w ith in the te rri to ria l lim its

    a nd a ny le ga l p ro ce edi ngs w ill be carri ed out

    wi th in th e te rri tori al lim its by a co urt or ot her

    orga ni sa ti on w hi ch w e agree to;

    in th e c ase of un in su red los s rec ov ery an d

    p ers on al in jur y the in su re d p ers on s c laim has

    and c ontinu es to have a re ason able ch ance o f

    suc c es s;

    the cos t of le g al e xp enses to pursu e the i ns ured

    pers ons cla im is p ro portional to the expe cted

    benefit;

    th e in sur ed pe rs on has ins uran ce to d rive the

    insu red ve hicle;

    anyo ne m ak in g a claim under thi s ins uranc e

    ha s y our agreement to claim ;

    in the ca se of a d efence of a pr os ec ution th e

    de fence or ple a in m itig ation is lik e ly to affect

    th e outcom e; and

    th e in su re d p erson com plies w ith the term s

    and c ondi tion s of t his in surance .

    What is not covered

    F or th e pu rpose of the se ex cep tio ns an y

    refere nc e to y o u o r your sh all be dee m ed to

    inclu de a ny insure d p ers on .

    W e w o n t p ay a n y l e g al ex pe n se s i f :

    A rc ha vent a gre ed , in a dv an ce , t he pu rp os e

    and am ou nt of any le gal e xpe nse s, o r they

    re lat e to a period bef ore A rc ha ve a cc ep ted

    y ou r c laim ;

    in the cas e o f un insu re d los s rec ove ry and

    pe rs onal in ju ry , y our claim does nt ha ve and

    co ntinu e to hav e a reas onable c hance of

    s uc c es s ;

    th e c ost o f le ga l e xpens es to p ur s ue y our claim

    is not prop ortion al to th e e xp ec te d benefit;

    the in c iden t hap pened be fo re this insurance

    started;

    yo u c la im m or e th an 180 da y s afte r th e da te

    o f th e e ve nt, u nle ss yo ur de lay in notifyin g

    you r claim has no t affecte d th e lik ely co sts or

    out c om e;

    yo ur c laim is fraudulent , fa lse or ex agg erat ed or

    y ou d o a nything that ha rm s ei ther the c hance s

    o f y our o r our suc ce ss in pr oc eedi ngs for a civil

    claim o r y our defence of a pros ecution;

    the oth er s ide is unlik ely to be ab le to pa y

    y our c lai m ;

    yo u ac t ag ain s t A rc s adv ic e or th e adv ice of

    yo ur lega l repres e nt ative;

    the legal rep res en ta ti ve ref u se s to ac t

    for you ;

    yo u un reas onab ly w ithdraw from leg a l

    pr oc eedi ngs despit e yo ur c laim h aving a

    reas onabl e chan ce of su c ce ss a nd wh ere s uch

    a withdra w al is lik ely to aff ec t th e co s t of y our

    c lai m;

    y our claim is s ettled or di sc ontinu ed w ithout

    A rc ag reei ng to th is bef orehand.

    A l s o c e r t a i n t y pe s o f c l ai m a r e n o t c ov er ed

    u n d er t hi s i n s u r a n c e .

    W e w o n t p ay f o r:

    an ap plica tion for a jud ge to rev iew the lega lity

    of a d ec is ion m ad e or ac tion ta k en by a pu blic

    body ;

    m ore than ou r sha re of a c ivil c lai m or for

    defenc e of pros ec ut ion if there is any othe r

    insura nc e co v erin g the sa m e ev ent, ev en if th e

    ot her in s ur er refu se s the claim ;

    claims un der th is ins ur anc e direc tly or ind ire c tly

    re lat ing to yo ur d eliberate c rim inal ac t o r

    om ission or to pr ose cut ion s wh ich alleg e

    di s honest y or in te nti onal v iolence ;

    c laim s in res pect of the ins ured v ehi c le th at

    yo ur m o to r in surer repu diates or refu s es to

    co ve r;

    c laim s ari s ing from de fec tiv e repair s,

    m ec han ica l br eakd ow n or ge neral

    m aint enanc e of th e ins ured v ehic le;

    fin es , co s ts or expens es wh ic h a crim inal c ourt

    or ders yo u to pay.

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    General conditions

    Fo r th e purpos e of thes e c o nditions a ny referenc e

    to yo u or yo ur . sh al l be d eem ed to inc lu de a ny

    ins ur e d p erso n.

    Y o u m us t do the fo llow in g:

    pr ov id e at y o ur ow n ex p ens e inf orm at ion

    releva nt to yo ur c laim su c h as rep or ts ,

    photograph s, plan s or ot her s up p orting

    doc u m e n ts to he lp A rc and /o r y o ur le ga l

    re pr es en tati ve ass ess w h eth er :

    - yo u r c laim is c o v e re d

    - yo u r c laim ha s an d co ntinu es to ha ve a

    re aso n abl e cha n ce of su c c es s ;

    - th e c o st of leg al ex pe nse s to pu rsue yo ur

    cl aim is pr opo rt io na l an d co n tinu e to be

    pr opo rtiona l to the e xp ect e d ou tc om e.

    c ont ac t ou r le ga l h elpline be fore y ou tak e any

    ac tion th at m ay re s ult in a claim an d before yo u

    ru n up any leg al ex pe nse s ;

    ta k e all reas onab le s te ps to s ettle you r c laim

    b y n eg otiat ion a nd w ork w ith A rc and yo ur

    le g al re pr es e nta tiv e to ac hiev e a s a ti sfa ct o ry

    out c om e to y o ur claim ;

    follo w the a dv ice th at A rc a nd /or yo u r le ga l

    rep res ent ativ e give y ou ;

    k ee p th e c os t of yo ur c lai m as lo w as po ss ib le;

    k eep A rc an d yo u r leg al repr e se nt at ive inform e d

    abo ut th e pr o gres s o f yo ur c ivi l c lai m inc ludi ng

    an y offer s to se ttle) or de fen ce o f p ro sec ut ion ;

    try to re c o v e r yo ur leg al ex p en se s fr om th e

    oth er sid e , in clud in g a llo w in g A rc to bring

    p roc eedi n gs in yo ur na m e;

    al low A rc to o bta in a ny in fo rm ati on , do c um e nt

    or file fro m y o ur leg al re pres ent ati ve in cludi ng

    an opin ion o n yo ur c ha nc es of s u c c es s an d

    the prop ort ion ate ben efit to yo u of m ak ing

    you r civ il c la im o r o f ac ting in d e fe n ce of you r

    prosec uti on.

    A pp oin tin g a le ga l re pre se nta tive

    W e ve c ho se n a pan el of leg a l firm s to prov id e

    lega l se rvice s to ou r c us to m ers. Th ere is no th ing

    in o ur relations hip w ith the se firm s w hich affec ts

    th e ir ab ility to ac t in yo ur bes t inte res ts.

    If A rc ac c ep ts y our cl ai m , th e y ll a pp oin t one o f

    our pane l of le ga l represent at iv es on yo ur behal f

    Yo u

    h av e

    th e ri g ht to cho os e yo ur ow n leg al

    repr ese ntati ve to repres ent yo u if i ts n ec es s ary to

    tak e yo ur c laim to co ur t or if a co nflict of interes t

    ri s e s

    W h ere y ou c ho os e to us e y our ow n leg al

    representative :

    a ) Yo u m us t n ot agr ee to a ny leg a l ex pen se s

    w ith out A rc s pr ior wr itten p erm iss ion .

    b ) Y ou r le ga l r ep re sent at iv e w ill b e a pp oin te d to

    ac t for y ou in lin e w ith A rc s s ta n dard te rm s of

    a pp o int m e nt yo u c a n a sk u s for a co py).

    c l W e w o n t pay for:

    leg a l ex pe ns es that are u nreas o nab le;

    lega l exp e ns es inc urr ed b y yo ur lega l

    re pr es ent ati ve in av oida ble co rr es p ond en ce or

    w hi c h ar e rec o verab le from a c ourt, tribunal or

    oth er p ar ty;

    any s h ortf all in co s ts reco v er ed from an ot her

    pa rt y w here the c laim ha s bee n su cc e ss fu l an d

    co sts h a v e b e e n rec ov e re d.

    W e c an do the follow in g:

    p ay a n am oun t to s ettle yo ur c laim or to pu rs u e

    a n ac tio n in the S m al l C lai m s C ou rt;

    re fuse to pa y an y fu rth er lega l co s ts a nd

    e xp ens e s if yo u do nt acc ept an y offe r in a

    civ il cla im , w hich is reas o nabl e. In as s es sing

    w het he r a n offer is reas o na ble , the lik elih oo d

    o f ac h ie ving a h ig her aw ard and w het her

    the lik e ly co st of c ontinu in g th e c la im is

    pr op ortion al w ill be c on s ide red ;

    gi v e yo ur le ga l rep res entat ive a nd/o r A rc al l

    in form ation w e h a v e ab out y ou or y our c lai m

    in c lud in g an y m e dica l info rm at ion;

    refus e to p ay furth er leg al e xp ense s if yo u r c laim

    d o es n t c on ti nu e to h a ve a re as onab le ch ance

    of s ucc ess or the co st of lega l ex pen se s is no

    lo nge r p rop o rti o na l to th e ex p ec te d be nefi t.

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    Th ird pa rty co s ts s ha ll b e c ov ered if a w a rd ed

    agains t yo u a nd p aid on the s tan da rd b as is o f

    as s e ss m en t.

    T he m os t we ll p a y fo r a ll le ga l e xp en se s w ill b e

    equ iva len t to o ur sta nd ard sc a le of ch arg es a s

    a pplicable to ou r p an el o f leg al repres en tatives

    a nd av ai la ble on req ues t fro m A rc . Yo u w ill be

    re s po nsi ble for any co sts in ex c es s of th is s ca le .

    A nd for a ny claim o r c la im s aris ing from one

    in c id ent the m os t w e ll p ay w ill b e 10 0,0 00 . N o

    ex ce s s ap plie s to le gal ex pe ns es claim s.

    L e g a l r e p r e s en t a t iv e

    O ur pa ne l solicitors , ap pointe d b y A rc o r the ir

    ag ents to ac t o n the ins ure d p ers on s b ehal f, o r

    an y other s uit ab ly qual ifi ed pers on a ppo inted to

    re pres e nt th e in su re d p ers o n u nd er the term s and

    c ond ition s of th is po licy .

    M e m b e r

    Th e in di vidu al fo r wh om an an nu al CS M A C lu b

    m embers hip fe e has b een p aid .

    P er io d o f i n su r an c e

    Th is an nua l po licy is fr om th e start d ate of y ou r

    C SM A C lu b m em ber sh ip.

    P r o p o r t i o n a l

    In d et erm in ing w het her o r no t leg al e xp e nse s a re

    in pr o por tio n to the po te nt ial b enef it o f pu rsu ing

    th e ins u red pers on s c la im , the fo llow in g w ill be

    t ak en in to ac c ount :

    th e am ou nt o f m oney a t stak e;

    th e v alue an d co m ple x ity o f the c as e ;

    th e g eo gra ph ic a l lo ca tio n of th e policyholde r

    an d th e othe r p arty to the a ction ;

    th e stan ce of th e oth e r p arty;

    w h eth er a reas o na ble p ers on w ithou t legal

    e xp e ns es in su ranc e w o uld pu rsu e th e m atter

    an d f i nanc e the ir ow n le g al c os ts .

    R ea s on a bl e c h an c e o f s u c ce ss

    Th ere is a 5 1 o r be tter c h anc e that th e pe rso n

    wi ll wi n the c a se an d ac h ie v e a po s itive o utc o m e .

    Ex a m p le s o f a po sitiv e o utc o m e are b eing abl e to :

    rec ov er th e a mo un t o f m on ey a t s tak e;

    en fo rc e a judge m ent ;

    obt ain an o utc om e w h ic h bes t se rve s yo ur

    inte res t;

    rec o ve r an a m o unt g reat er th a n tha t be ing

    o ff er ed by th e oth er pa rty .

    Territorial limits

    Grea t B ri tai n , N orth ern Irel and, the Re pub lic o f

    Ireland, th e Is le o f M an an d the C h anne l Is la n d s.

    F or c lai ms relating to uni n sur ed lo ss es a n d

    pe rs o nal injury , the territo ria l lim its a re e xt ende d to

    an y c ou ntr y wh ic h is a m e m be r of th e E uro pea n

    U nion E U ) a nd an y c ou ntry w h ic h fo llow s

    E U d ire ctiv es a nd h as bee n approv e d by th e

    C o m m iss ion ofthe E U .

    U n in s u re d l o ss es

    Los s es tha t ca nt b e re co ve red from an y ins uran c e

    po lic y th e in su re d p erso n h old s.

    W e o u r u s

    Live rpo ol V ict o ria Ins u ra nc e C om p an y Lt d.

    Y o u y o u r

    T he C S M A C lu b m em b er an d the ir sp o us e/ part ner

    liv in g w ith th e m em b er.

    What is covered

    U ni ns u re d l os s r ec o ve ry a nd p er so n al i nj ur y

    a ) W e ll p ay fo r leg al e xp ens es to rec ov e r th e

    ins u re d p ers on s un ins u red los s es fo llow ing a ro ad

    tra ffic co lli si o n inv olving th e in su red v ehicle w hich

    ca us es :

    d a m a g e to the in su red v eh icle or t o p ers onal

    pro p erty in it; or

    death or in jury to a n in su red pe rso n w h ile

    trav ellin g in or on th e in su red v ehicl e .

    D ef en c e o f p r o se c ut io n

    b) W e ll p ay for leg a l ex pens e s to de fen d a

    mot o ring p ros ec utio n aris in g from an inc id en t

    w hi le the ins ure d p e rs on w as usi ng th e in s ure d

    ve h ic le, an d wh ic h is n ot c ove re d und er the

    in su re d pe rso ns m otor in su ra nc e.

    c ) W e ll pay fo r le ga l exp e nse s to s up po rt a p lea in

    m itig ation if it s lik ely to a ffe c t th e ou t c ome .

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    Personal injury claims

    A s pa rt of any c lai m fo r perso na l in ju ry y our lega l

    re pres ent at ive

    m a y

    ne e d to arra ng e fo r yo u to be

    m edi cally ex am ine d by a d o cto r. T hey

    m a y

    appoint

    a m e dic al agenc y to arra nge th is exam ination .

    T he m edica l ag enc y w ill c onsider w het her

    re habi litat io n w ou ld as si st y ou in re cove ring

    from yo u r inj ur y . W e d o no t res tric t you r leg al

    repres entative in th eir cho ic e o f m edical agenc y

    an d reh ab ilit ati on prov ider.

    D i s p u t e s

    How to complain

    If y ou hav e a c om pla int ple ase co ntac t A rc quoting

    y our c la im num ber. Yo u c an wr ite to :

    Th e M anag ing Di rector

    A rc Leg al A s sistanc e

    P O B ox 8 92 1

    C ol ches ter C0 4 5Y D

    Em ail: claim s@ arcle gal.co .u k

    U n der the So lic ito r C lie nt C onfident ial ity R ules,

    yo ur le gal re pr es entative is re qu ired to obt ain yo ur

    w ri tten co nsen t in or der to re lease an y in fo rm at io n

    re lat ing to you r ca se to us.

    If A rc ca nno t res olv e yo ur c ompl aint , yo u m a y

    refe r you r co m plain t to the F inanc ial Om bu dsm an

    Se rvic e w ithi n 6 m ont hs o f re ceivi ng a final

    res pons e lett er from A rc .

    Th ei r de tails are:

    F inancia l O m b u d s m an Se rvi ce

    E x c hang e T ow e r

    H arb ou r Ex c han ge S qu ar e

    Lon don

    E 149 G E

    Ph one: 08 00 023 4567

    E m ai l: c o m p laint.in fo @ fina nc ial -o m bu ds m an .or g .u k

    Making a complaint wont af fect you r r ight t o

    take legal act ion.

    Arbitration

    Y ou also h av e the righ t to refe r an y d is pute

    be tw ee n y ou a nd u s to an a rbit ra tor w ho w ill

    m ak e a dec is io n to s ettle the d is pute. T he arb itrator

    wi ll be eithe r a s olic itor or a ba rr is ter or other

    su itab ly q ua lified pe rs on th at y ou a nd we agree

    on . If w e c ant agre e on th e ch oice of arbitrator,

    we ll as k th e P res iden t o f th e Law S oc i ety or

    oth er gov erning bod y fo r s olicitors o r o th er l egal

    represen tat iv es ap poin ted und e r th is insu ran ce ) in

    the relev ant jurisdict ion to c hoos e one w hich w e

    both m ust ac cept. W e a nd you m us t kee p to the

    arbitra tor s decis io n. Th e arbitrator

    m a y

    re quir e y ou

    or us t o pay th e c ost o f the arbitrat ion .

    Yo u ca n g et this an d other do cum ents from us i n B rai lle, la rg e p rint or on audio by contacting us .

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