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Originally Posted by elusiverunner
I am a little rusty here so bear with me. Your insurance company isn't going to help what-so-ever. I believe you will need to get three quotes, I think, then you need to send him a letter of demand with copies of the quotes and police report. The police booked him I hope.
Now this is where I am really rusty. If he does not respond to your letter of demand you go to the local court and talk to a magistrate and have him summonsed before the court and they will judge what and how he is to pay. If he fails to pay it is a matter of dragging him before the court again and then the Sherrif gets involved and siezes property to the value of the repair.
Please don't count this as gospel and seek advise from the court and you should be able to pick-up a booklet from you insurance company on how the procedure works, what you have to do and how to format the letter of demand.
Hope this helps you out.
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Not with my insurer. I recently had some bloke run into my parked car. I simply dialed RACQ, they gave me a job number, I drove it to an RACQ relay station, gave them the keys and they gave me a taxi voucher to get home. A week later I picked up the car, paid the panel beater the excess and drove off. RACQ will refund the excess once they have pursued the culprit through the courts or through his insurer. My no claim bonus is not affected.