The MB legal column is compiled by managing partner Andrew ‘Chef’ Prendergast and his bike-riding barristers and solicitors at White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors.
The firm deals with personal injury claims and its sister company, Motor Defence Solicitors, deals with all the motoring offences.
White Dalton lawyers have a vast knowledge of bike law, and they have full bike licences, too. They don’t act for insurance companies or the prosecution. White Dalton is Britain’s premier specialist motorcycle law practice, and if its professionals don’t know the answer to your question, there probably isn’t one. Don’t rely on the advice from your insuranceappointed solicitor, get proper independent advice.
Dealer Damage
02 Jul 2026
A few days ago, I took my Suzuki GSX-R1000 to my local dealer to have some work done. I was having a new shock fitted and the suspension set up properly for my weight, etc. I dropped the bike off, as arranged, and gave my keys to the dealer. The plan was they were having […]
Grip Failure
18 Jun 2026
I am very lucky as I have several bikes. Some are very old (a BSA Bantam for example), and some are very new (my KTM 1290). However, the one I keep returning to is my beloved Yamaha Fazer 1000. I have had it since new and have now racked up 70,000 miles. During that time […]
The Not‑So‑New KTM
28 May 2026
On 1 March I bought a brand-new (or so I thought) KTM 125 Duke for my daughter from our local dealer. It was two weeks after her 17th birthday, and she couldn’t wait to move up from the battered 50cc moped she had toddled around on for the last year. If you wanted to see […]
Track Day Wheel Failure
30 Apr 2026
I have a very trick GSXR1000 that I bought new. However, I have never ridden on the road and purchased it with the sole purpose of turning it into a track bike.
The Sparkly Helmet Debate
23 Apr 2026
Can you help me settle a debate that is currently raging on a Facebook group I am in. A woman who has popped up in the group (she is not a biker, but her husband is I believe) has started offering ‘sparkly helmets’ (no, this is not some ‘special service’ you may see on a […]
Delivery Riding: Am I Covered?
09 Apr 2026
I am currently at college studying to be an engineer. As we live out in the sticks and to help me get around and to college, etc, my sister kindly gave me her battered, but indestructible, Kawasaki Z300 after she bought a car. To pay my way through college and help pay towards bills at […]
MoT Crash Chaos
12 Jun 2025
I am not a fan of our Lycra-clad cousins on two wheels Last summer I had taken my old Pan European (I know it’s not the sexiest bike in the world, but it is bloomin’ reliable!) for a pre-booked MoT.
Cigar-Rigmarole
05 Jun 2025
I was aiming to blast up the motorway for two hours, then turn left and get lost in Wales for the day, and then head home for tea and biscuits.
Untaxed Bike Backlash
29 May 2025
I have always wanted to live in Spain so after the dreaded Covid-19 malarkey, I decided to take the plunge.
KTM Ablaze
22 May 2025
Whilst I know KTM have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently over their problematic cams and then money woes, etc.
10 Years Too Late
15 May 2025
There is a video doing the rounds on social media of some poor squaddie driving a Land Rover and trailer in lane one of a dual carriageway.
Gold Wing Woes
01 May 2025
I have been a biker for the last 40-odd years and had all sorts over the years from BSAs to VFRs.
Unpicking a bunch of clowns
10 Apr 2025
Me and my husband met through the love of biking 10 years ago at the world-famous Super Sausage café on the A5!
Split filtering
05 Apr 2025
Last month I went to trial at Court. Briefly, I was filtering through traffic past a bus when a car pulled out from my left and I hit the side of the car.
Just a ding…
27 Mar 2025
I was out with a group of mates a week ago. We had parked up on a local high street and gone for the obligatory sausage roll.
Wacky Races
13 Mar 2025
I live out in the sticks so it’s currently like Wacky Races with the tractor boys and girls whizzing about getting their crops in, etc.
