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Motor car road traffic accident damage recovery, is what our subject is all about.
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Below please find some issues and occurrences of common interest, listed and linked.
Car accident issues that matters most:
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facilitating a claim
claim against the liable party causing the car accident enforcing full and fair compensation . . .
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Should you do not find the issue you are looking for, contact RAMLA (Road Accident Management & Legal Action), as one of the most experienced experts in matters of car accident damage recovery claims.
We however believe the issue in question will be found on one of the other pages on the
RAMLA comprehensive MVA - motor vehicle accident - Information Platform,
but as we haven't installed a search function, rather contact RAMLA, instead of waste time for a search.
There are sections in the main top selector, such as claim, assessment, legal and insurance matters; you may navigate to find what you're looking for.
Car accident damages as result of a traffic collision, always gives task and commonly hassles, unless one do have a compressive motor insurance cover that lives up to the promises made.
But unfortunately, that's not always the matter and if ordinary South African motorists are asked, if they believe and trust a valid claim is a guaranteed matter, one will hear a number, if not the majority of those questioned, doubting that it will be so.
 Your specialised expert to sort out MVA matters
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Issues with South African Motor Insurance companies
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Should a matter be taken to a court of law?
Most commonly the overwhelming number of disputes or claims can be solved in pre-litigation, but if no amicable solution can be found, matters sometimes need the escalation to a court of law to be solved.
It should be noted, that most of the deciders of claims, (insurance claim admins, claim evaluators or technicians, however called and other representatives, regularly do have no certified legal competences.
This means the decisions made to either accept or deny a claim are performed by persons with experience, but often not applying a legal background, taking all facts in consideration, but all too often rely on party statements, without a check on the balance of probabilities if that point of view may represent the correct situation, or act biased as to benefit schemes or other incentives, declining claims to cut down on compensation pay-outs.
Approaching a court of law give the certainty to have the case evaluated to the laws prevailing in accordance with the particular applicable situation, and after analysing the parties written arguments exchanged in the pleading phase of the trial, hearing the plaintiff and the defendant, as well as witnesses and thereafter the judicial officer will come to a decision, making it an order of court.
It is obviously clear, that such comprehensive analytic process will be by far better, than just accept an unjust decision of a person in charge, neglecting the basics of fairness to look onto a claim unbiased.
It may therefore be fairly well to accept the initial costs, coming with a legal action in a court of law, but given the evidence is supportive enough to convince the court on the basis of probabilities to decide in favour of the party, to get compensation and a refund of costs necessary to pursue the claim in court.
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The RAMLA web pages are designed to supply you with valuable information's to sort out material motor car accident compensation cases occurred in a traffic collision on South African roads.
You will find a lot information that can help you to claim for damages or to deal with disputed motor insurance claims and even to defend you, if you face an inflated high and unreasonable claim against you.
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On your way looking for a professional car accident damage assessment, to quantify and calculate your traffic accident damages occurred one of the provinces of South Africa,
Gauteng - Freestate - Northern Cape - Limpopo - North West - Mpumalanga - KwaZuluNatal (KZN) - Eastern Cape - Western Cape -
you found the RAMLA web pages giving you some ideas about the pro and cons of an independent damage investigation and what you should look on to get a reliable accident damage report, helping you to proof the material claim, against the liable party or the motor insurance company.
Even if you are located in one of the mayor cities of the country such as Cape Town - Bloemfontein - Johannesburg - Soweto - Pretoria - Polokwane - Durban - East London - Port Elizabeth - or in the wider areas around those cities or wherever in the county you are,
RAMLA (Road Accident Management & Legal Action) can support you with various service options nationwide.
Working with RAMLA will of course be the most comfortable and economic support in pursuit of a legal compensation claim, whether against a 3rd party or directed to any motor insurance company in South Africa.
Motor car accidents happen on a daily basis, and in all the South African provinces, wherever you are, in Gauteng - Freestate - Northern Cape - Limpopo - North West - Mpumalanga - KwaZuluNatal (KZN) - Eastern Cape or in the Western Cape.
In the several provinces you find differences in the level of risks, according to traffic density, conditions of the roads, day and night times, weather conditions and many more.
A motor car accident rarely does happen just out of one singular fault. Mostly more influential factors and other negligent actions must get together causing a traffic accident at all,
when driving through Cape Town or Kahilitsha, Paarl, Parow, Calvinia, Springbok, Vredenburg, as Port Elizabeth, but not just there.
In all our South African cities and even in rural areas, are risks by travelling a vehicle on public roads. Be aware that most accidents happen in your very near neighbourhood or on your daily way to or from work in your home town Middelburg, Graff-Reinet, Somerset - East or Somerset West, Grahamstown, Bisho, Zwelisha or East London, due to the facts that one who is very familiar with this routine, will not be on the alert level one should be.
You can minimise to be dragged into an auto collision, if you concentrate on the traffic, abide by the basic precautions and don't contribute negligent in driving, by let's say texting or telephoning behind the steering wheel.
But even if you live in other small towns or mayor cities such as Umlazi, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Potchefstroom, Port Elizabeth, Knysna, Krugersdorp, Oudtshorn, Mossel Bay or Worcester you have to be aware of the danger by making your trip.
Other road users may not be up to their best abilities, be drunk for example or driving a motor car that better should not be on the road, as it is not roadworthy and so poses risks to other motorists.
Just participate in local traffic within the towns and villages as Roberson, George, Kimberly, Rustenburg or Mabopane, you can be caught up in a vehicle crash at all times, despite you may drive carefully and respect the rules of the road. The other party is always even your risk.
Minimising the probability to be caught up in a road crash, especially in bustling cities such as Pretoria, Johannesburg, Soweto, Germiston, Rustenberg, Welkom, Bloemfontein, Polokwane , Durban or Cape Town, where high volumes of motorist getting along all day, the risk to be involved in a car accident is much higher than just travelling in quieter areas as Klerksdorp or Mahikeng.
The best will be, if you are on high alert all the time you drive a motor car. Taking care of keeping proper following distances which is a very good measure not to be involved in car accidents,
when you on the roads of Kimberly, Queenstown, Beaufort West, Prieska, Upington, Vryburg, De Aar, Belfast, Bethlehem, Kroonstad , Harrysmith, Mabane, Nelspruit or Ermelo.
In huge metropolis as Johannesburg or Cape Town where you deal with rush hours when commuters get to and from work in the morning and evening hours, the danger to be trapped up in a motor car accident are explicitly higher as to other traffic times.
If you have been unlucky dragged into an auto accident caused by another one or more motorist who drove negligent, not abiding the rules of the road or even careless and subsequent suffered material damages to your motor car, you want that the liable party pay compensation you for losses.
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Vehicle damage assessment is the more accurate and reliable method of listing your motor car accident damage than those of a damage repair quotation. A professional vehicle damage assessment is done by a qualified assessor with extensive training and equipped with the latest IT technology and software to draw a damage assessment report that reflect all you need to know.
There are notes about the vehicle details examined, its technical general and detailed condition, details about important values as market value and salvage and sure the amount of money to be spend to repair the motor vehicle.
This and more will often be the basis to decide for motor insurance companies if they authorize the repair or if they consider the vehicle as written off, which should ring alarm bells with the victim of the damaged car.
You found the RAMLA web page because you were looking for some general information on how to proceed in a case of a car accident in South Africa. You will find lots of information about it here to support your own claim pursues or even to answer questions you might have in your car accident claim.
If you want support to be compensated for your car accident damage RAMLA can be your one stop solution.
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Motor Car Accident damage compensation claim, in South Africa?
Involved in a traffic collision and want your car accident damage being paid for and finally recieve your material vehicle damage compensation, suffered in a crash on South African roads?
Car accident lawyers and professional claim managers to analyse, support and pursue your material car accident damage claim to recover your financial losses, effective and outmost economically, nationwide in South Africa.
After been trapped in a traffic accident, and helped all those possibly been injured, the next focus will be the damages. Certainly it's the aim of everybody to be compensated for any losses suffered in a motor collision.
All motorists know what a accident repair quotation is about, but may underestimate the importance of a fair and correct assessment reflecting the damage of the accident properly and beyond doubt.
In order to proof your motor accident damage value, you have the choice to adhere to conventional repair quotations from your nearest panel beater or auto body repair shop, or better if your nearest panel beater is not well known to put a lot of effort into quotations, to select someone who is prepared and able to go the extra mile and supply you with a qualified quotation.
An alternate is always a professional motor car damage assessment that can be taken into account to all times as a very good solution and sumetimes a preferable way to proof your material damages.
But there is certainly not always the need to have a professional assessment/valuation in the first place. A good quotation prepared by a knowledgeable expert will probably suit you as good.
Keep in mind, that's not so easy to amend any damage listing, if in a later stage it turns out the calculations have a shortfall. Once the documentation has been submitted to the other party, they will take the damages listed for compensation, as the basis for any settlement analyses.
If you are requested to supply three different repair quotations, make sure all damages will be listed professional and complete, enabling you to get full compensation for a qualified repair.
Take care that the quotations are not differing too much, as firstly the analysed damages are the same and the listing cannot be that much different from each other, but more importantly the other party will certainly pick the lowest of all quotations for a settlement offer.
Quotations that differ significantly by analysing the same damages, must be scrutinised and make sure you know what is the reason. Only submit a quotation you trust, that this will be the way to get your car back on the road in a road worthy condition and to the state it had been before the motor crash had taken place.
Motor Car Accident, in South Africa?
You want your car accident damages being paid for and receive your material vehicle accident damage compensation for destructions, suffered in a traffic accident on South African roads?
You are welcome to contact RAMLA to receive free advice after a free accident fact check to determine your position.
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Do you know that RAMLA is a specialised expert in handling and enforcing or defending all kind of MVA (motor vehicle accident) matters, pursuing motor car accident compensation claims, for its clients - effective - professional - decisive and resolute, to best and affordable fees.
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As you may have recognised on our comprehensive web information platform, we do know what we are taking about.
We do invite anyone in South Africa, facing an MVA (motor vehicle accident) problem, to contact us for a first - free - analyse of your particular matter and initial advice how to proceed.
As a specialist in traffic accident recovery actions, we act for clients/members in the relevant manner, but based on a paid mandate or membership.
We do offer a free first advice, to determinate your case and give you a direction how and what may be the way forward, in order to build confidence with a potential client, but unfortunately we cannot supply a free pursuit for a practial claim.
As professional specialists, in charge of acting in motor accident damage claims in South Africa, we offer a well performing, decisive and demanding claim pursuit, at affordable fees.
It's so easy contacting us by email.
The effective way will be sending an email containing the nature, damage and problems detected. Once sent through to us, we will study the matter and after analysing the facts, we get back to you be email with the result and advice - free of charge.
If you like to explain your problem to our claim manager on duty, you are welcome to contact us by phone for an initial briefing on cell 076 770 3179 (standard rates apply).
For best results: dont't just call, once you took notice of the opportunity!
First think what you like to get accross, best file it as email and call therafter.
For reasons to convince you not just calling immediately, please follow: how to contact RAMLA successfully.
It will be much more effective; if we do get a briefing of the matter via email, before a telephone call, so we will be prepared answering your questions.
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Car accident compensation claims for damages, may cause some headache, in
South Africa.
Not everything in a compensation action goes smooth and the way wanted, as we are confronted with numerous possible challenges.
RAMLA is a specialised expert in material car accident damage claims,
demanding, enforcing compensation actions, supporting disputes with Motor Insurance Companies or its agents, work in Ombudsman's review cases, or defend a motorist against unreasonable or inflated compensation claims.
Contact RAMLA to analyse your case, and get a free opinion where you stand and what to do next. You can contact RAMLA 7/24 and receive a response soon.
It's so easy, just e mail your story and attach what you got to make the RAMLA claim manager understand your problem.
Just draft a brief report of what had happen and send it (use this mail link) to RAMLA for free analyses and you will receive a reply soon.
Contact us now and let us know how we can help you?
email us your story and details to ramla@ramla.co.za for a free first analyse and advice.
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RAMLA offers full legal support to solve car accident claims, a comprehensive claim preparation and action to enforce compensation, all the way up to a court case.
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As laid out on the page - Importance of proof - that it is essential to have evidence of what you claim for. If you need to fight or defeat allegations your compensation demands are incorrect or inflated, make sure the facts are backing you. The damages of all motor vehicles involved in a traffic accident, must be documented true, complete and fair.
It is highly recommended not trying to make a fortune out of a vehicle crash and include some repairs or other improvements you would like been done, but indeed are not part of this accident, as it can cost you money instead of a gain, if the other party successfully rebut your listed damages.
A proper repair quotation enabling you to repair your damage suffered in a car crash, should include all the latest prices for genuine parts, the labour etc., and will not miss anything, to ensure that complete and proper repairs of the damaged vehicle will follow.
RAMLA always strive having the best evidence at hand, to get the matter through and over the obstacles soon and smooth. An outstanding quotation will be accomplished by qualified and detailed photographs of the damage analysed. It will be to your best support, if you do have detailed photographs of the damages. Rather take some yourself, if the repair workshop missed out doing so.
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RAMLA (Road accident management and Legal Action), is a specialist in material car accident management in South Africa.
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Being successful in a car accident damage claim, one must avoid unqualified quotation as they will guarantee problems in terms of evidence. If the damage, suffered in the car accident, will not be listed properly you may not get your fair financial compensation to pay, so that your car can be properly repaired. The unwanted result will be you need to pay for the difference, caused by lack in your quotation, out of your own pocket.
A car accident damage repair quote can be insufficient either through incorrect calculation or stating incorrect information for parts or prices, etc. One should always keep in mind, that a professional car accident damage assessment will be a more qualified and reliable proof as that of ordinary quotation from your panel beater or repair workshop.
Often observed by RAMLA, during pursuit of car accident claims for its members, quotations are made in a hurry not taking the necessary care, as it is common practice that such quotation is expected to be free of charge. But what in general, will be free and of good quality at all?
But surly you don't need a vehicle damage assessment for all situations. You can rely on a quotation once you know about the capabilities and accuracies of your panel beater, but still better if the workshop guaranties you to do the complete repair job for the price quoted.
Important:
Make sure you can repair the entire car accident damage to your satisfaction for the lowest price quoted, before you submit a quotation for car accident damage compensation to the liable party.
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RAMLA - Road Accident Management and Legal Action - is one of South Africa's most experienced and decisive advocates to sort out legal disputes with parties, Insurance companies or act in defence of clients confronted with unreasonable or inflated claims.
Car accident issues that matters most:
We are legal specialist in motor car accident damage recovery matters and offer our services to those suffering damages or in need to defend unreasonable or inflated claims.
Taking on disputes with motor insurance companies, engage in unfair declines or apportionment of damages, take matter on review to the Ombudsman, or even get matters to be judged in a court of law, should all fail to find a solution before the escalation to a court of law is inevitable.
RAMLA can get you through the trouble, for just some affordable fees, commonly just equal or lower then towing/storage cost may be.
We are one of the most experienced, decisive advocates, when it comes to car accident problems - issues of compensation or defence against unreasonable or inflated claims, bad repair practice and much more.
We work only on those motor car accident matters.
Check us out, so you do know if we can uphold we say, free of charge.
Welcome to RAMLA
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How going forward once there is a claim or dispute or other challenges?
Well, once someone checks a web site as this one RAMLA presents, there will be some sort of a problem.
It may either be that there is no response from the liable party's Insurer or a repudiation, apportioning or any other decline, such as to violation of terms and conditions.
Lot of those issues may not be according to valid law, and just a reaction of someone in charge don't care, not having the necessary skills or just follow a strategy to get rid of valid claims, should not be accepted.
RAMLA as a specialised legal expert can solve such problems, just for a fraction in fees what you may miss out, if you don't have the right support. It should not be the correct way and get a claimant just been brushed away, isn't it?
Just take the time and contact, tell us about the matter and let us take care of it.
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Defence against unreasonable or inflated claims?
RAMLA can help you most effectively to get a claim dropped or eased.
The results defending someone against whatever claim, if it isn't as clear what the implications are and what evidence the other party/Insurance do have, are very good to stand through, even if a summons may be served.
The party alleges or accuses is forced to proof the claim and not the demanded party.
Many Insurance recovery claims fall short of such reliable evidence and therefore can be repudiated, even if it comes from attorneys or recovery agents.
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However we do handle every substantial MVA claim,
against whatever party, Insurance, reluctant party or company successfully, given the merits of the issue are clear and stand a challenge.
Should it not be so in the first place, we do all we can to improve such merits to get the matter being a strong case.
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Chances of success, if there is a strong case, and any other winning guarantees?
Those are questions we hear frequently, before a new client is prepared to accept some fees.
But telling the truth, chances of success are entirely based on facts and evidence in every particular case and there cannot be any guarantee being better as proof and evidence.
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You want to visit a local RAMLA office in your area and have a chat with one of our experts?
We are very sorry telling you, that we have chosen a different way of performing our business. In order to hold overhead costs low, and not compromise on expertise, we have decided to act from one central, but not public office in the Western Cape.
In order to hold fees low and offer very competitive rates compared with other legal services, we decided to concentrate intelligence and contain costs in this manner.
Anyone who likes to visit his/her adviser or attorney should not choose RAMLA as a favourite as we cannot honour just that.
But we can deliver the way we operate effectively wherever you are in South Africa and with whom ever we have to deal, effectively, decisive and affordable.
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What about fees, must they be paid upfront or can it be deducted from recoveries?
Let me answer the question in short.
Yes, all fees need to be paid up before we take action.
Why is that so?
Our fees are as competitive low, that we cannot enforce any such fees economically, if someone just take our services and thereafter give us hassles to pay.
Any local attorney will do the same, as asking for a deposit, commonly far higher than our entire fees are, upfront.
In general those deposits are offset against fee notes and further deposits requested in due course.
We dont do that. We deliver services not billed on time issues, but on performance phases, which gives cost certainty and the assurance to be taken care of the full matter.
Contact us to get more detailed information.
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Any doubts about our capabilities or performance as this offer is an anonymous one on the web?
Well I must accept such doubts and can only point out and rely on the many we served before and who may be contactable for reference.
Check out what we display on our comprehensive web pages, which will back up our knowledge and experience without a doubt.
Anyhow we will never accept a mandate before we have had a first free analyse of your particular matter and if you aren't satisfied with our reply, simply don't go on with us, despite it may be detrimental to you.
We value a fair and open informative strategy that will please most of those with an open mind to new technologies as email etc.
But we can only do what we offer and if you aren't happy with such offer, just get into contact with your local lawyer.
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Should you have been through all the before . . .
and still think we can be the one to solve your motor vehicle accident compensation problem in South Africa, just get in contact with us.
You're welcome to be served perfectly.
Kind Regards
Your RAMLA team
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