In June 2019 my partner and I were spending the weekend in London. We had had dinner at the shard and we decided to take an UBER back to the hotel. When we left the shard I arranged the uber on my phone and we waited outside. A short while after the taxi arrived and we jumped in. When we got to our destination, we pulled uo alongside the hotel and as we were getting out a black cab driver drive round the taxi we were in just as my fiancee was opening the door. The black cab caught the door of the uber subsequently pushing the door further round than it should go. Pictures were taken and my fiancee gave the uber driver his details and we went up to our room for the night. We left London the next day and returned home. A few days later the uber driver often messaged and phoned my fiancee claiming we owed him £3,000 in compensation and loss of earnings. We phoned uber who said we would not be liable and that this accident would be covered under the drivers insurance. We then never heard any more. That was 3 years ago, and recently my fiancee has been contacted via the government website notifying him he is being sued by the uber driver for approx £1,800 in loss of earnings, hire vehicles, public transport etc. Does anybody have any advice regarding this as surely this should be covered by his insurance as this is obviously an accident. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance
NJ
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