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What you don't make clear is the £100K are the legal costs and that the damages were £4k. Where this poor sod has been hit hard, is that he took a moral stance that legal claims are not the right way to proceed. Sadly if he had made a counter claim, this would likely have been settled out of court.

I also spend a few years working in West Kensington, although I didn't cycle there. As a broad generalisation, compared to the city the roads are generally wider and straighter and pedestrian numbers are typically lower. There is more scope for cyclists to "express themselves" in this...

I had a year of cycling in London from London Bridge to Charlotte Street for work and then down to Victoria in the evening. Three things made me give up; 1 My regular route along Cheapside was closed for roadworks forcing me along Cannon St, where this incident occurred. This route was...

AND take evasive action, only she panicked! In the other case referenced the cyclist had no brakes, which is undoubtedly reckless. An emergency stop on a bike, can easily result in the cyclist going over the handlebars. You also don't have a convenient set of mirrors and braking lights, so...

Given the cyclist was also knocked out and suffered leg injuries, you have to wonder if there is grounds for a counter-claim and how this would be interpreted by another judge. Got distracted whilst posting only to find this point had already been made.