Clearly not happy with what was left in his will so trying to squeeze a few quid out of his tragic death, absolutely fucking scraping the barrel this.
On the one hand, it’s right that dependents can sue if the breadwinner is killed. On the other hand, he was 71. Was he really still working? What dependents did he have?
three miles per hour over the zone–it’s not like he was acting like Lewis Hamilton there. And the traffic light was on green.
Seems like the family didn’t inherit enough and want to get their greedy fingers into a bigger slice of pie.
Hope the legal fees eat away at their inheritance and they get nix, nought nothing from the cop.
They are really clutching here. Everything balances in my view in favour or the police.
I’m looking at what’s been suggested as facts, though who knows if there are discrepancies.
1) The police officer driver through a green light.
2) The man crossed the road when the crossing displayed a red light to pedistrians.
3) The police vehicle was travelling on blue lights and sirens.
4) The police vehicle decelerated to approximately 13mph at the time of the impact.
5) the police officer was aware of pedestrians and slowed from over 30mph to 23mph.
6) The police officer didn’t see the man till the last minute but did see him and applied the breaks in 4 above.
Driver is using sirens and lights as a result. When responding to an emergency call, the ATS is only traveling 3 mph over and giving the green light to oncoming traffic.
While the struck pedestrian disregarded the red light warning him not to, how could he have failed to notice or hear the responding car as he walked into traffic?
And the family’s trying to hold the driver accountable?
“On behalf of Mr Mills’s children and grandchildren, his estate is claiming £70,000 general damages for his death, around £240,000 to cover the tax implications of his passing in relation to inheritance tax (IHT), and around £130,000 his family claim he would have gifted them toward buying property and private school fees.
Mr Mills had transferred a £2 million house in Hurlingham Road, Fulham, to his son John in 2015. His early death left the estate liable for £192,130 IHT on the house and £55,182 on the rest of his fortune, which the family say would otherwise not be payable.”
What a vile family. The poor police officer had PTSD and they’re arguing over 0.64 seconds.
He probably would still be alive if he concentrated on crossing the road safely rather than concentrating on how to avoid tax.
So the officer had sirens and blue lights on and it was also green as well. I see no blame. Look left look right and do that until the end of the road to see if it’s clear. It’s also a one-way so the elderly person could have and should’ve seen the police officer, unless he spawned in.
Should counter sue them for trauma and damages. Greedy Tory cunts.
Family inheritited a £2,000,000 house and are complaining they have to pay less than 10% tax on it.
They’d barely have a case if this wasn’t an effort to avoid inheritance tax, let alone with that argument.
If only he was in wales where it is physically impossible to break the speed limit since they made the country 20mph.
Hold on a minute, I live in Wales and for the last year our government has insisted people don’t die in 20mph zones.
If he’s found guilty, it will set a dangerous precedent.
The law is actually very clear on this. The Police vehicle was at fault.
Even though it was Green for the “Vehicle”, the driver still has a Duty of Care to observe and make sure it is safe to travel through the lights.
Even though a road is 30mph, if you hit someone doing 25mph, you are still at fault for dangerous driving. So the Vehicle being over the limit by “only 3mph” is not an excuse.
Lots of people have been prosecuted, lost their driving licence, and faced prison time for the same offense.
This post is doing a good job to incite the reddit mob, but illegally, the Police officer at the end of the day, KILLED a Pedestrian.
harsh; anyone who can be killed by a car crawling along at 23 mph is just as likely to be killed by a strong gust of wind
These guys are going to spend their inheritance on paying the cop’s legal fees.
counter sue the family for mental anguished caused by the actions of the deceased
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Clearly not happy with what was left in his will so trying to squeeze a few quid out of his tragic death, absolutely fucking scraping the barrel this.
On the one hand, it’s right that dependents can sue if the breadwinner is killed. On the other hand, he was 71. Was he really still working? What dependents did he have?
three miles per hour over the zone–it’s not like he was acting like Lewis Hamilton there. And the traffic light was on green.
Seems like the family didn’t inherit enough and want to get their greedy fingers into a bigger slice of pie.
Hope the legal fees eat away at their inheritance and they get nix, nought nothing from the cop.
They are really clutching here. Everything balances in my view in favour or the police.
I’m looking at what’s been suggested as facts, though who knows if there are discrepancies.
1) The police officer driver through a green light.
2) The man crossed the road when the crossing displayed a red light to pedistrians.
3) The police vehicle was travelling on blue lights and sirens.
4) The police vehicle decelerated to approximately 13mph at the time of the impact.
5) the police officer was aware of pedestrians and slowed from over 30mph to 23mph.
6) The police officer didn’t see the man till the last minute but did see him and applied the breaks in 4 above.
Driver is using sirens and lights as a result. When responding to an emergency call, the ATS is only traveling 3 mph over and giving the green light to oncoming traffic.
While the struck pedestrian disregarded the red light warning him not to, how could he have failed to notice or hear the responding car as he walked into traffic?
And the family’s trying to hold the driver accountable?
“On behalf of Mr Mills’s children and grandchildren, his estate is claiming £70,000 general damages for his death, around £240,000 to cover the tax implications of his passing in relation to inheritance tax (IHT), and around £130,000 his family claim he would have gifted them toward buying property and private school fees.
Mr Mills had transferred a £2 million house in Hurlingham Road, Fulham, to his son John in 2015. His early death left the estate liable for £192,130 IHT on the house and £55,182 on the rest of his fortune, which the family say would otherwise not be payable.”
What a vile family. The poor police officer had PTSD and they’re arguing over 0.64 seconds.
He probably would still be alive if he concentrated on crossing the road safely rather than concentrating on how to avoid tax.
So the officer had sirens and blue lights on and it was also green as well. I see no blame. Look left look right and do that until the end of the road to see if it’s clear. It’s also a one-way so the elderly person could have and should’ve seen the police officer, unless he spawned in.
Should counter sue them for trauma and damages. Greedy Tory cunts.
Family inheritited a £2,000,000 house and are complaining they have to pay less than 10% tax on it.
They’d barely have a case if this wasn’t an effort to avoid inheritance tax, let alone with that argument.
If only he was in wales where it is physically impossible to break the speed limit since they made the country 20mph.
Hold on a minute, I live in Wales and for the last year our government has insisted people don’t die in 20mph zones.
If he’s found guilty, it will set a dangerous precedent.
The law is actually very clear on this. The Police vehicle was at fault.
Even though it was Green for the “Vehicle”, the driver still has a Duty of Care to observe and make sure it is safe to travel through the lights.
Even though a road is 30mph, if you hit someone doing 25mph, you are still at fault for dangerous driving. So the Vehicle being over the limit by “only 3mph” is not an excuse.
Lots of people have been prosecuted, lost their driving licence, and faced prison time for the same offense.
This post is doing a good job to incite the reddit mob, but illegally, the Police officer at the end of the day, KILLED a Pedestrian.
harsh; anyone who can be killed by a car crawling along at 23 mph is just as likely to be killed by a strong gust of wind
These guys are going to spend their inheritance on paying the cop’s legal fees.
counter sue the family for mental anguished caused by the actions of the deceased